“My Hometown” is a song by Bruce Springsteen about how as a little boy, he cherished the town he grew up in and he took pride in it. As the boy grew up to be a father, he realized that the memories that he had form his childhood were the best memories of his life and that he needed to hold on to those memories for his entire life, even with the modern day changes going on around him. As he becomes a father, he then gives that same message to his children and how they shouldn’t waste a single moment of their childhood and worship every single second of it, and to never let anything go. In the poem that we read “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey”, we see someone who is returning to their hometown after being away for 5 years. He starts off describing what he seeing and it’s all calm. He starts to see the life in all things and how they all were to him before he left and how they’ve changed to what they are now. Then the mood changes to tense when he starts to ponder on the whole society/city life vs. nature business. Then he starts to remember his childhood and he consider’s when he was younger. He remembers how much passion and yearning he was when he was young and sees himself in his sister. The overall message of this poem is that whenever you are in times of grief “remember this moment”, which means, whenever you are going through some tough times, remember the happier times and try to work back to how things were back then. The no impact project is basically something that gets people aware of the way they’re acting and promote behavioral change. Some ways that I can become more connected with nature is by eating more fresh fruits and vegetables, turning off lights when I’m not using them, cut down my shower times, carpool, and maybe even just get out of the house everyday. With the energy that I’ll be saving, it will no longer help decrease my footprint, but it will also help me become closer to nature and live the way God wants us to.