Put down the phone, it's summer!

All of us have the tendency to form habits of being on our phones at every free moment, or sitting on our couches watching TV for hours. We all know it's unhealthy, but we still do it anyways. It's the American way of living.

I'm not saying people have to get up and be more active, but I'm saying people need to go outside and embrace nature. We surround ourselves with technology that blinds us from the world around us. The sky is beautiful and deserves to be looked up at. The trees are what gives us the oxygen to breathe. Shouldn't we take time and be thankful for that? Shouldn't we take the time to close our eyes every once in a while and just listen to the birds? Feel the sun and the gentle breezes against our skin? Shouldn't we take time a be thankful for this world we live in?

People don't really realize how scarce resources are going to get in the coming years, especially water. Here in the Northeast, we are experiencing a terrible drought during this summer. I can't imagine how other states in the U.S. feel, because they're in way worse condition. Before we know it, all of the world's resources will be limited, and then our happy, technological world won't be so happy anymore.

There's a world being taken for granted, and we are living in it. I'm sure Mother Nature would be pleased if more people thought about enjoying a hike or playing outside in the grass, instead of building huge skyscrapers everywhere for the thrill of power and money.

There's only one month left of summer, I encourage all of you to put the phone and the remote down and just go outside and take a walk, enjoy nature's beaches, play in the ocean, watch the sun rise and set, look at the wondrous, yet mysterious stars, but most of all let the world know you are thankful for it.