Living in towns and cities teaches us about dealing with other people.
Visiting the countryside or park and watching the wildlife interacting with each other and nature teaches us about the wonder of life on this planet.
Spending a night or more in the wilderness on our own will teach us about ourselves.
When we are truly alone, we discover what we are made of and how strong we really are.
When there are no labels or roles to play along to (father, mother, son, daughter, boss, employee etc), we quickly get to the very core of what it is to be alive as a human being in a world that does not belong to us.
We discover that individually we are vulnerable, weak and at the mercy of countless unseen dangers.
It is a sobering, yet enlightening experience.
It can lead us to the realisation that we cannot tame nature without at the same time destroying a vital element of ourselves.
For it is only when we are truly alone and facing the wilderness that we learn what it is to be with others.
We realise how much we need and rely on other human beings to survive and feel safe.
And we learn that it is through our interactions with each other that we can express our own humanity and help to bring it out in others.