[pct-l] PCT and the World

[Wayne Kraft]

Hmmm.  I think the work I do and the work most of you do has a bit  
more substance to it than we're letting on.  Maybe we've lost sight  
of this. I hope not, because survival probably depends in large part  
on a rediscovery of the value and importance of work.  I don't think  
we'd have a trail but for the toil of countless unrecognized workers  
who may not have even realized at the time they processed words or  
paved a road or argued a case in court that without their efforts  
there might not be a way to walk the Range of Light or gaze over the  
lip of Crater Lake or dance on the edge of the Goat Rocks ridge. I  
commend to you this essay on just that subject:

http://www.ejectejecteject.com/   (If you access this later, look for  
the July 24, 2006 essay entitled Web of Trust)

There is a season for every purpose under heaven.  Hike and work each  
in it's season and spare yourself the angst.

Wayne Kraft



On Jul 27, 2006, at 10:14 PM, goo ga wrote:

> I wish I'd spent more time at the office!
>
>   WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !
>
>   Please God just give me three more days to increase this  
> quarter's profit.
>
>   WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA  !!!
>
>   I don't want to die poor.
>
>   WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA  !!!
>
> WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !
>
> Nope, Switchback, you're priorities are straight! There is a simple  
> test;
> just go ask anyone in a rest home if they ever wished in retrosight  
> that they
> worked more and played or took time for enjoying life less!
>
> Life is short!
>
> Greg
>
> In a message dated 7/27/2006 4:58:44 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> losthiker at sisqtel.net writes:
>
> I can justify going for a hike simply because it refreshes my  
> spirit and
> makes me feel alive! It's selfish, and it's a gift I give myself,  
> often. On
>
> the trail, I leave the complicated world behind. In time, the world  
> will get
> better, how can it get worse? Life is short, hike long, camp, drink  
> fresh
> waters, marvel at the stars, watch the sun rise and set, and be  
> happy within
> yourself. Your priorities are what you make them, and keep them  
> simple. Why
> wrestle with it, go for a hike..it's the rest of the crazy world  
> that has
> misplaced priorities...
> ~~~^^^~~^~^~^^~^~^~^~^^~^^^^^^^^^^~^^~^~^~
> I must admit that with so many people in the world wanting to kill  
> us, it
> makes me feel a little weird hiking and planning trips. I feel a  
> little
> decadent or may be like I have misplaced priorities. But I guess  
> that is
> what the
> trail is for. To let us get away and refocus our lives and  
> perspectives.
> I
> just don't know. I am still wrestling with this.
>
> Your hiking buddy, Switchback
> Slime Ball Hippie Hiker Trash
>
>
>
>
>
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