Comments on: The world takes a hike in the World http://storycatcher.net/wordpress/2009/03/24/the-world-takes-a-hike-in-the-world/ Stories are the voice of humanity Sun, 01 Aug 2010 07:04:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Sahara http://storycatcher.net/wordpress/2009/03/24/the-world-takes-a-hike-in-the-world/#comment-399 Sahara Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:12:16 +0000 http://storycatcher.net/wordpress/?p=47#comment-399 Christina ~~~ What you capture so well is that inner impulse of the Spring season inside each one of us that wants to spring forth into possibilities! Ahhh, if only we could learn to remember how to listen for each season emerging from within us- Yes! that's the quality of listening that can bring World Peace. Christina ~~~

What you capture so well is that inner impulse of the Spring season inside each one of us that wants to spring forth into possibilities! Ahhh, if only we could learn to remember how to listen for each season emerging from within us- Yes! that’s the quality of listening that can bring World Peace.

]]> By: Marti Beddoe http://storycatcher.net/wordpress/2009/03/24/the-world-takes-a-hike-in-the-world/#comment-398 Marti Beddoe Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:21:19 +0000 http://storycatcher.net/wordpress/?p=47#comment-398 I delighted in the image of the soaked-to-the-bone 'true child of the North Wet' and her post-hike joy, Christina. It was such a contrast to the 8 year old child we encountered in 2000 when we first visited Mt. Rainier on a sparkling, breathtaking August day. As the boy and his dad headed to a Visitors Center exhibit, he was proclaiming loudly, "I want to go to the gift shop!" His dad patiently replied, "We are here to enjoy and appreciate nature." The boy vehemently insisted, "But I don't want to enjoy and appreciate nature. I want to go to the gift shop!" It has become one of those moments Harry and I call to mind when we catch ourselves whining about some silly matter instead of enjoying and appreciating the gift of the present moment. I delighted in the image of the soaked-to-the-bone ‘true child of the North Wet’ and her post-hike joy, Christina. It was such a contrast to the 8 year old child we encountered in 2000 when we first visited Mt. Rainier on a sparkling, breathtaking August day.

As the boy and his dad headed to a Visitors Center exhibit, he was proclaiming loudly, “I want to go to the gift shop!” His dad patiently replied, “We are here to enjoy and appreciate nature.” The boy vehemently insisted, “But I don’t want to enjoy and appreciate nature. I want to go to the gift shop!”

It has become one of those moments Harry and I call to mind when we catch ourselves whining about some silly matter instead of enjoying and appreciating the gift of the present moment.

]]> By: Martha http://storycatcher.net/wordpress/2009/03/24/the-world-takes-a-hike-in-the-world/#comment-390 Martha Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:23:33 +0000 http://storycatcher.net/wordpress/?p=47#comment-390 Thank you for your words, Christina. Every time I go for a walk here in my suburban neighborhood I am privileged to see a diversity of cultures outside with me--and a range of age groups as well! One of my most treasured memories of being out in the World will be my time in the Minnesota Boundary Waters Canoe Area/Grand Portage National Park last summer. I was impressed with the range of ages that were climbing around on the boulders in the harbor at Grand Marais and the feeling of unity in the BWCA. It was a time I will remember especially for all of the time we were outside. Now that I will be a grandmother in several months I am already thinking about how to get 3 generations to enjoy Nature's sights and sounds-in our own neighborhoods or in our national parks. Thank you for your words, Christina. Every time I go for a walk here in my suburban neighborhood I am privileged to see a diversity of cultures outside with me–and a range of age groups as well!
One of my most treasured memories of being out in the World will be my time in the Minnesota Boundary Waters Canoe Area/Grand Portage National Park last summer. I was impressed with the range of ages that were climbing around on the boulders in the harbor at Grand Marais and the feeling of unity in the BWCA. It was a time I will remember especially for all of the time we were outside. Now that I will be a grandmother in several months I am already thinking about how to get 3 generations to enjoy Nature’s sights and sounds-in our own neighborhoods or in our national parks.

]]> By: Emily Wallace http://storycatcher.net/wordpress/2009/03/24/the-world-takes-a-hike-in-the-world/#comment-389 Emily Wallace Sat, 28 Mar 2009 15:09:24 +0000 http://storycatcher.net/wordpress/?p=47#comment-389 Sitting in a sheltered place on the east coast, I am vicariously wet and joyous at meeting a small girl along the trail, who is delighted to be just where she is!! Hurray for her parents.. inviting her into the green world! I so enjoyed greeting spring along with the hikers on the path .. Thank you for taking us readers along with you both!! Happy springtime from where I sit with no waterfall... but an imagination that journeys!! Sitting in a sheltered place on the east coast, I am vicariously wet and joyous at meeting a small girl along the trail, who is delighted to be just where she is!! Hurray for her parents.. inviting her into the green world!

I so enjoyed greeting spring along with the hikers on the path .. Thank you for taking us readers along with you both!!

Happy springtime from where I sit with no waterfall… but an imagination that journeys!!

]]> By: Mary http://storycatcher.net/wordpress/2009/03/24/the-world-takes-a-hike-in-the-world/#comment-387 Mary Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:07:54 +0000 http://storycatcher.net/wordpress/?p=47#comment-387 I'm remembering my trip to the Grand Canyon last summer and spending our days in absolute awe over the wonders of nature. I announced that I believe I am an "earth person" in that I am most peaceful in the mountains among trees, streams, valleys. Hiking is not as easy for me at nearly 70 years young. I used to hike 10ks most weekends. The joints won't last that long anymore. Yet I do what I can and ignore the huffing and puffing and stiffness. This year, a friend and I will head to North Carolina, camp and find trails to wander. Would that everyone would take at least a day out of year, at the least, and find the peace we each long for. A plaque I have in my bedroom says "Happiness is found along the way, not at the end of the road." I'll look for that peace and happiness along all the spring and summer roads I wander. Thanks for reminding me to have days "full of new eyes." I’m remembering my trip to the Grand Canyon last summer and spending our days in absolute awe over the wonders of nature. I announced that I believe I am an “earth person” in that I am most peaceful in the mountains among trees, streams, valleys.

Hiking is not as easy for me at nearly 70 years young. I used to hike 10ks most weekends. The joints won’t last that long anymore. Yet I do what I can and ignore the huffing and puffing and stiffness.

This year, a friend and I will head to North Carolina, camp and find trails to wander. Would that everyone would take at least a day out of year, at the least, and find the peace we each long for. A plaque I have in my bedroom says “Happiness is found along the way, not at the end of the road.” I’ll look for that peace and happiness along all the spring and summer roads I wander.

Thanks for reminding me to have days “full of new eyes.”

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