Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God. George Washington Carver Proper education is important. There is so much we can learn from books, education, and others. But we also [...]
Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. Khalil Gibran When was the last time you walked barefoot on the earth? Or felt the wind whip around you and play with your hair? When have you felt thrilled by just feeling the power [...]
I think of the first time I climbed a 14'er (a mountain over 14,000'). From the base of the mountain, the task looked impossible. I can believe at that moment that it is impossible to do, and justify this with all kinds of evidence from past experiences and beliefs. Then, I don't even bother to [...]
That is the question. To wander or not, the not being to stay in line with a dictated path. To wander is to let your body and mind move to where ever the current inspiration takes you. It's not a bad thing to stay on trail, stay the course, follow the linear path. Sometimes it's [...]
...is an old path. I don't know where it ends, but I know where it begins. Do I continue to follow an old worn path, or do I need to be on that fresh, new one? Or, do I step off the path and forge my own way? It is for me to determine. [...]
I was climbing a small mountain the other day. I felt unsettled, the world felt unsettled. When I feel this, I wonder is it me or am I picking up something from out there? Do you ever wonder this? Sometimes, without good reason, I don't feel good about life, and I can't blame x, y [...]
Do you remember what it was like playing in nature when you were a child? Was it OK to get dirty? To make up your own world? To be who ever you wanted to be? Did your parents encourage you? Was there someone who was there looking closely at the wonders and intricacies of the [...]
"Thousands of tired, nerve-shaken, over-civilized people are beginning to find out that going to the mountains is going home; that wilderness is a necessity; and that mountain parks and reservations are useful not only as fountains of timber and irrigating rivers, but as fountains of life." John.Muir Why is it that we are so removed [...]