More thoughts about the spiritual

Perhaps a part of the spiritual aspect of the path is a renewed awareness of time.

The leaves in the trees are just beginning to turn (which unfortunately could be due to drought more than the cold), which remembers the seasonal change that indicates that we have been traveling through the forest through 3 eras different from the journey of our land around the sun.

The days are shortening, we can no longer push, push and push miles and still camp in sunlight at 8 pm

Our time on the road is ending, and we are all forced to face the fact that we will have to find more to do with our time and soon.

Insect behaviors and birds and squirrels on the road are also changing, perhaps more as a geographical change indicator, but also of the change of season. The air is colder in the morning and at night, also partly because we are now very north.

Most of the hikers who speak talk about slowing down. Some want this to end, go home and have the comforts of normal life again. Do not have to pack every morning and force you to push, push and push the next camp. But most want this to last. We recognize the freedom we have here and recognize that we feel better here than before the walk. We feel energized to live even when we are exhausted. Even when we do not want to walk, we love the feeling of being outside and being awakened by the sun and birds. We love to see the stars of the night. We love to smell the trees. We love cold and clear water directly from a rock that refreshes us as nothing more.

The water of the lake is not so refreshing, but we are still grateful to give us life.

Perhaps we access the spiritual aspect of the walk slowing down and grateful. There has been much to do with this trip, so much to experiment, and no person can experience everything. But what we experience can be grateful. If we have the luxury of not having a deadline to finish our walk (or even if we do), we can take into account where we are when we sit for a snack or a meal, we can accelerate our morning a little more slowly than in the past. Finally we can enjoy a sunset or a sunrise now that we have places to camp above the tree line.

We can also be grateful that we finish this trip. We can be grateful to rest our tired bodies soon.

We can also be afraid of what is coming later. Jobs, rent an apartment, travel. He no longer has enough time to be outside. Losing the sense of purpose and impulse that has kept us going for almost 2000 miles now. Get depressed after losing everything and all we grew up love on the way. Losing pride in our bodies when we can no longer maintain our purely muscle forms. Hate that we have to think about what to use every day again. Stay in one place.

Personally I hope to enjoy life after the path. It is a great dream, to be honest. But I think I can do it. I think I can chase the community in my new city, make my house a home, spend so much time outside as I can. Ideally, I will find a job where I can pour my passion and find ways to spend my time that is not integrated into my phone. But these are things that I will only discover over time.

For now, I am sleeping more to help my body recover after everything that attributes it. I am sitting at the points of view to enjoy the mountains that surround me. I am marveling at the leaves that are becoming yellow in the middle of the perennial leaf trees that cover the northern slopes. I am grateful for the stinking pond water that I drink throughout the day until I reach a stream that flows 12 miles away. I am greatly grateful for my partner looking for homes that work not only for us, but for my good friends of the path with whom I can live. I am grateful that I just have to walk 12 miles today and I have to reduce the speed enough to enjoy a view and take the time to reflect while I forced some peanut butter for breakfast.

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