Hike more

I went for an easy hike yesterday with my dog, my friend and her 6-year old. There’s just something about the wind in the trees, climbing over rocks by a river and jumping through the leaves that is so refreshing.

The trees in all their majesty envelop me and I feel so small, so in awe at the thought that they have been in these woods for many years before me and will be here many years after I am gone. But I feel a part of these woods as the beating of my heart slows to the rhythm of my footsteps along the trail. Life seems full of possibility and I treasure this feeling in my soul, drawing refreshment from it through the bleak days when I am stuck in a building.

there is nothing more enjoyable or satisfying to me than taking a long hike. All at once I feel so small in a great expanse of land – whether mountain or plains – and so big, all encompassing, too. I can hardly explain it. The quiet seeps into my bones, healing me of stress and worry and my heart and mind clear. I have an epiphany – all confusion melts away and I am left with raw feeling – not over-emotional, simply pure.

All that to say that I am committing to doing this more – by myself or I need to actively seek people who yearn for the same experience I do. And I’d like to travel to new places.