RE: [pct-l] Fwd: "Why Worry?"

["Reynolds, WT" <reynolds@ilan.com>]

Are we talking about thruhiking here . . . .or life?



...the following is an article i've written for the PCTA's Communicator 
mag....

Why Worry? Or....Don't get your Knickers in a Twist
"Culvert, Box Culvert" Sven Thesen AT 94, PCT, AT 99

<<snip>>
So, what's the moral of this story?  Don't worry about what's weeks or even
months ahead of you on the trail.  Any Information you're given by fellow
hikers regarding future trail conditions, especially weather related, is
going to be different by the time you get there.  Worrying about these 
future
conditions is mental masturbation and a waste of time.  Focus on the day's
hike: Where you are, the conditions right now under your feet, what you can
see right now.  Don't let the well-meaning words of other hikers disturb or
distract you.  As the Buddhists say, "Be in the moment."  Let go of these
unfounded and future worries and be in the present.  Don't worry, just walk
and enjoy the hike.

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