Take the next opportunity that comes your way to experience the power of the elements. If you do not live within a reasonable distance of the countryside this may have to wait until the weekend or even until your next vacation. You do not need to find somewhere remote, just a place where nature feels more powerful than human effort. The seashore is an obvious place, as are the mountains or a thick forest. Try to be alone there, if only through putting a little distance between yourself and other people or by choosing a time of day or season when there are not so many people around. Choose a day when the weather is bad! Consider the words of the writer John Ruskin, who said that there is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. He was English so he probably still looked forward to a dry day, but if you lived in the desert you would be pleased for rain.
Wrap up well. Take a thermos with a hot beverage and something to eat. Find some simple shelter, but try to feel what it is like to be at the mercy of the elements. Imagine people who are in precisely that situation: fishermen in small boats on a rough sea; travelers crossing a mountain pass on foot in a blizzard; the homeless on the wintry streets of a city. At a later time you might want to put images of such people in your [journal] to recall your meditation today.
As you expose yourself to the elements, listen to the sound of the sea and the wind; observe the movement of the waves or the trees. Feel the strength of the power that is behind all this, and imagine yourself as a child helpless in every way and totally dependent on the protection of others.
Now imagine someone you love exposed to the dangers of the forces surrounding you; see yourself struggling to help them and then embracing after the rescue.
When you are home again, consider how thin the walls and windows of your house are and how close and vulnerable you remain always to the danger of the elements.
— Alan Walker in Prayer for Everyday Living