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Lie on a bridge and watch the water flowing past. Or run, or wade through a swamp in your red boots. Or roll yourself up and listen to the rain falling
on the roof. It’s very easy to enjoy yourself.
Tove Jansson
Tove Jansson (1914 – 2001), the Finnish creator of the book and comic strip series The Moomins, understood how noticing nature can make us happy. She loved remote places herself, especially islands where the weather and the sea were constant companions.
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