I brought up the top percentile to further illustrate how broken the mindset and mechanics of online dating are.

I hear you. All the things you said are possible by taking a hike. That’s why I suggested taking it. We all come from nature, and we are all connected to it. It is an easy hobby to have. You pick a beautiful place, and you walk in it. It is important to do it alone or with friends you have no romantic interest in. It has countless mental health and physical fitness benefits, so it serves functional purposes in addition.

I don’t know how to explain this without sounding crazy. The Earth is alive and conscious. The Earth is most definitely a “she” and she is a higher order intelligence than us. She is the first mother on this planet. None of this matters because the logic holds whether or not you believe me.

Nature is capable of replacing the longing for human companionship. It is full and it is complete. It provides the thing that feels like it’s missing in every relationship I’ve had. When you connect with her, you connect with something much larger than any one person can bring.

But what’s more, she is connected to everyone. In other words…Earth is the ultimate matchmaker. It is a strange contradiction. You spend time with nature, and that time becomes a pure pursuit where you eventually do it because you love the Earth. Then, and I absolutely promise this with certainty, the Earth will connect you with people that you’ve been looking for.

Among those connections is a special person you will want to meet.