[pct-l] fear and love

[jjolson@xxxxxxxx (Jeffrey J. Olson)]

I remember night hiking in Oregon and hearing the snuffing and heavy tread
of a bear about 100' from me, paralleling the trail.  I was in a "I'm part
of the wilderness" mood, and I monitored the noise as I walked.  It
eventually ended.

Another night on that trip a deer kept coming up and licking the urine where
I'd peed - or different deer, all night long, and I couldn't sleep...
Feeling part of something and feeling apart from something - so different...

Jeff Olson
Laramie Wyoming...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christy Andrews" <stormygirlie@hotmail.com>
To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 2:31 PM
Subject: [pct-l] fear and love


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> "So my advice would be to focus less on equipment, particularly of the
> dangerous kind, and instead place a stronger emphasis on opening oneself
to
> the beauty and love that will assuredly be discovered along the way."
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> How beautifully expressed! Thank you for sharing these thoughts. Love is
> letting go of fear. Recognize fear and challenge yourself to release it's
> grip. Radical and confoundingly simple.
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> -Christy
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