Thin Places

[doodlemaier]

Without making a big deal of it, I warned D that this is a difficult hike; this is where 'big people' hike, and it's very easy to injure ourselves with the misplaced foot or succumb to exhaustion with miles of arduous trail between where we may lose heart and the place we leave the car. Even before we took the first step I asked her if she had to be anywhere important, because this hike wasn't about 'getting anywhere'. It was about being here in the moment constantly, so we couldn't have anything more important hanging over our heads. I asked her if she had homework pending?. . . . 'no', friends waiting for her to return? . . . 'nope', church? . . . .'Dad, you need to be in church and learn about God'.

What I told her was that for me places this special were my church because this is where I feel closest to God.

Comments

[the-autumn-knew.livejournal.com]

that's gorgeous. i'm all teary-eyed, and oh. thank you for this.

[ex-lotusmant250.livejournal.com]

i have often said the same thing.

[deansavatar.livejournal.com]

Her mom claims she's too young to really appreciate it. Personally I don't remember ever being too young to appreciate the outdoors. My belief is that it has everything to do with our parents' (tribes') relationship to nature and how often we're exposed to it.

[deansavatar.livejournal.com]

Jesus Christ on a Cracker! The coffee just kicked in here in the capital city and I just realized I wrote 'how often we're exposed to it' in reference to Nature, as if It's something separate or outside of us! If I ever lapse into that sort of thinking again please, please, PLEASE KICK ME! I'm sleeping working again . . .

[ex-lotusmant250.livejournal.com]

hahaha. you crack me up.
enjoy that coffee buzz, mang.

[deansavatar.livejournal.com]

WoooHOOOOO!
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the coffee bit you, didnt it?

[ex-lotusmant250.livejournal.com]

O_o
holy shit.
[!!!]
::falls over in seat with fits of laughter::
-tweaker.
:p

Re: the coffee bit you, didnt it?

[deansavatar.livejournal.com]

uhm. . . People have started to notice that I come from the kitchen(etti -area) every morning, two-fisting coffeeeeee. THe 1st - hot, black, nasty wake-yo-ass-up-and-start-a'batchin', and the other is to slowly get cold so I can pour it over the ice when I get back from my walking bank deposit trips - because these days I'm all over the iced-coffeeeeeeee . . .