Day 141k: An unfamiliar road; a truly well-known Way … (September 17, 2019)

If you recognize the road you’re on, you’ve probably taken a wrong turn … Perhaps walking is best imagined as an ‘indicator species,’ to use an ecologist’s term. For an indicator species signifies the health of any ecosystem, and its endangerment or diminishment is always an early warning sign of systemic trouble. Walking is an indicator species for a multitude of manifestations – of freedom and of courage and of humility and ultimately of compassionate interconnection … So let us remember to walk, and as we go let us remember – everywhere we travel — to be fully There.” ~ inspired by Marty Rubin, Rebecca Solnit & Lailah Akita