[at-l] Re: Cabin Fever?

[gwa@xxxxxxxxx (gwa@xxxxxxxxx)]

Thank you Felix. That one is a real keeper and will have a
permanent place of honor on the wall in my office.  Did you ever
finish your book?
Tin Man


On 15 Feb 2003 at 11:38, Felix wrote:

> janl2@mindspring.com wrote:
>
How to turn away from that? There IS no turning back...
> >
> What the hell are you talkin' about?  :-)   You are putting pressure on
> yourself because you are worried about what people will think if you
> DON'T finish what you are about to start. What else is there to be
> 'scared' of? You're getting ready to enter a 5 or 6 month period in
> which 'careers' and 'storage units' and 'bank accounts' and most things
> in what we call 'the real world' DON'T matter. A place where the most
> important thing you will hear ALL DAY is "There's water at that road
> crossing". Something like water, or 'toilet paper in the privy', or an
> orange sitting on a rock...is going to mean more to you than 401k. More
> than a new drug discovery in Sweden.  Someone will hand you a piece of a
> half-eaten bagel...and, it will be like they've given you a liver.
>
> As far as being 'nuts', insane' or 'crazy'...That is anyone who does
> anything they don't want to do. That's the guy who drives the grid to
> the office and sits in a cubicle every day for 45 years to find out he
> doesn't really like cubicles...That's the person who goes to school to
> be something and finds out it isn't what they want to be...and then
> becomes it anyway.  It's the factory worker who hates factory
> work...And, I suppose, it's a hiker who doesn't want to hike. To me,
> THOSE things are a 'foolish thing to do'. Do you want to hike, Jan? You
> did yesterday.
>
> A six month hike does NOT disrupt your life. It IS your life. And, it is
> more than likely going to be the best part of your life. And, hopefully,
> when you're done with your hike...hopefully on Katahdin...you'll realize
> that toilet paper in a privy can be just as important as a degree on the
> wall...
>
> Damn the torpedoes...
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> From the AT-L mailing list         est. 1995
> Need help?  http://www.at-l.org
> Archives: http://www.backcountry.net/arch/at/
> Change your options or unsubscribe:
> http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/at-l
>
> Stay on topic!