Our planet is beautiful.

In fact, most of us have absolutely no idea just how lucky we are to live on Earth.

So far, our planet is the only one in the known universe capable of sustaining life as we know it. This makes Earth a special place, but there are many other things about Earth that make it a planet unlike any other.

When was the last time you took half an hour from your busy schedule to contemplate the world around you? Maybe just go to the beach, and watch the sunrise? Go to the lake and listen to nothingness?

When was the last time you took a nice long walk—leaving your cell phone at home—in a park, a forest, or went hiking or on a picnic?

The truth is that our extremely rapid way of life has made us slaves of ourselves, slaves of time, slaves of society, slaves that live life completely blindfolded, ignoring the beauty that surrounds us every single day.

Earth is beautiful, and as society moves deeper into a technological era, we forget how to appreciate our surroundings, and how…