04052020 52nd Corona isolation day w/ alleviation

Today I had a great morning. Best one for ages. Worth a collage.

First we took the dogs out and then we left for Monte de Santa Pola. We would have walked to the lighthouse at the end of the Santa Pola cape, but we didn't have enough time as we needed to be back for 10. (The police is really really strict about that.)

Mornings truly are very busy for us as we need to do so many things before 10am. We managed to do a 8km walk and we were home by 9:55. Just before curfew.

Even if I had been exercising two mornings before and that felt really great, after being in the middle of forest and mountain without nearly any people (we saw 2 mountain bikers and 1 lady walking), I felt so calm and good afterwards. Nature really makes a difference in our lives. I've always loved being there, but today was the first time (being so long away from it) that I really noticed how it made me feel. How different it was after 1,5 hours in the woods. Good different. Calm different. Happy different.

Regarding happiness.... Many people have commented how towards the end of total isolation, the last weeks, how they were getting depressed and anxious, feeling like all life was sucked out of them, feeling no emotions... And how now that we have the schedule to go out, it's the first time they've felt happy for many weeks. And this is basically everyone we've talked to or texted with. This has been so hard on everyone who's been in total isolation inside a house. We need each others and we need nature.