nature's healing

i know its been a bit since we read Keats, but theres been one writing of his that really impacted me, his Ode On Melancholy. It took me a few times reading it before it really sank in and i could understand it. In the first Stanza, Keats is explaining what not to do in times of sorrow or sadness...not to be overwhelmed with his sadness, or commit suicide, and yet not to forget it either.
But in the second stanza he really hits home i think. Rather than dwell on and sulk in our own misfortune, Keats suggests we overwhelm ourselves with natural beauty...with nature..with all the gorgeous life around us that God created.
He couldnt be more correct. It makes such a difference for me when i have a bad day to just go sit outside alone, listen to the birds, watch the leaves in the trees blow in the wind, the grass blades bending back and forth. If you have never tried it i reccomend it.
What an incredible testimony to our God and creator! Just sitting in the presence of His beauty, which we can see in nature, we can be healed and comforted. Think about it. It goes unappeciated too often.