Where do you go to center yourself?

Oddly enough, I go walking in the cemetery. Where I live there are no hiking trails or anything like that, so everyone goes to the cemetery and walks. It gives me time to clear my head and by looking at the headstones of people that have passed, you come to realize just how short life really is and that you shouldn't take it for granted.

I like nature walks, also. It does have a certain cleansing of the mind affect. I live in a small city and try to walk everyday through the city streets to clear my mind. Sometimes I will drive to our local park to walk the trails if the weather permits. The trails are wooded and situated on top of a hill. Very beautiful. A place where you can just be one with nature and leave your problems behind.

well i dun go anywher 2 center myself..but yeahh i do listen to music or read some novel..it relaxes my mind...gives me time to think about stuff....at times wen am feeling very down..i write stuff...anything...it could be a poem..or sumthin in my diary...anything....i am someone who has extreme mood swings..so if im bugged up easily..i smile dat easily as well...and if i had to go somewhere to center myself it would be just driving..i love to drive..so i could jez hop on my car nd drive around..

Very good question PackratsHouse. I don't have to go far. I turn inward, into my self and 'take stock' of what has taken me off center. Some people would call that meditation. I call it prayer. Like you I can easily remember how insignificant my problems are when I look around me and realize how fortunate I really am. I would venture to guess many of us draw some amount of strength from nature. I know when I go outside and see the green in things, or the colors of the nature it fills me with a certain peace. Again, making me realize the power behind it all.

for me, i just stay in my room and right anything about myself..