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Now, my tree-climbing days long behind me, I often think about the lasting value of those early, deliciously idle days. I have come to appreciate the long view afforded by those treetops. The woods were my Ritalin. Nature calmed me, focused me, and yet excited my senses.

Richard Louv
Thinking, Climbing, Views
Richard Louv (2013). “Last Child in the Woods: Saving our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder”, p.16, Atlantic Books Ltd
Now, my tree-climbing days long behind me, I often think about the lasting value of those early, deliciously idle days. I have come to appreciate the long view afforded by those treetops. The woods were my Ritalin.