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| Sunset Jogging - Spiritual and Physical Synergy |
Today was another good day for progress on the Pilgrimage. I took a jog that covered the sunset, the weather was beautiful, and the view...well, judge for yourself.
Today is the first day of fall, and it is difficult to imagine that in the next sometime in the next several years, the N2N-TCP should be just about wrapping up in the Pacific Northwest on a day that I see as being much like the day that presented itself to me today. There are quite a few miles to go, but I put in a small part of that distance tonight just before sunset.
One of the unexpected benefits of this focus on the N2N-TCP Adventure is that I am more content, and performing better in the day job that I'm currently spending my time in to earn a living. The whole idea of this Pilgrimage really started as a means of fantasizing about an escape from (at the time) my current condition. It's evolved quite a bit from that fantasy without a great deal of effort on my part. There is something to be learned from that observation.
Back then, I was well and truly unhappy. Today things are different. My circumstances (from the outside looking in) have really not changed all that much. One could credibly argue, if one were so inclined, that certain aspects are in fact worse from the original thought of walking across the country. This is not how I view things. My outlook has shifted, and I believe that shift in perspective is mostly based on the pursuit (however nascent) due to the pursuit of a dream. It's an expansive dream, and the daily steps are quite small (and therefore manageable), but the pursuit has changed the way I see. The progress feels quite remarkable.
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