Re: [at-l] Flip Flopping (was No Restrictions on..)

[Jim Owen <jimandginnyo@juno.com>]

On Tue, 29 Feb 2000 19:50:47 -0500 "David Hicks" <daveh@usit.net> writes:
> Most of the long distant hikers that I have 
> met over
> the years seem to fall  on one or the other side of a point-of-view
> watershed.
> 
> However, I suggest that it is a more a question of "doing" v. 
> "being."
 etc.

That was really good and thought provoking - however, what about those of
us that are both goal driven and being driven?  I love the challenge of
thruhiking, walking from Mexico to Canada or Springer to Katahdin, but I
also love all the parts that make up the thruhiking lifestyle.  While
reaching the top of a mountain can elate me, I also get as much happiness
watching sunlight dapple the water, or chipmunks playing on logs,  or
just sitting against a rock, sipping some hot chocolate, watching the sun
set.  In other words, the present moment joy of just being.  

Thanks for the thoughts though.
Ginny
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