"Give a month at least to this precious reserve. The time will not be taken from the sum of your life. Instead of shortening, it will indefinitely lengthen it and make you truly immortal."
— John Muir
I admit it: I talked to myself all the time on the Pacific Crest Trail. I can
only listen to the same thousand songs for so long. Sometimes I would break up
the monotony with a podcast or an audiobook, but more often I'd just talk to
myself
Coming back home was hard. I didn't expect that. I expected to be happy to see
friends and family again — and I was — but it's tinged with... grief? What?!
It's now three weeks since I left the trail and I miss it. I missed
I don't remember where I first read this parable, but it stuck with me for some
reason.
A farmer had only one horse. One day, his horse ran away.
His neighbors said, “I’m so sorry. This is such bad news. You must be so upset.”
The man
