Walking

         Humans are merely a small part of the puzzle of nature, very destructive but still a small part. We think we possess all that we see and feel and sense in any way but that is not the reality. Our species may have made the direst of impacts but that is not to say we are the most prevalent in the animal kingdom. This is to say we belong in this animal kingdom, a part of it, not sitting in boxes occasionally glancing outward.
Here are some photos of me on walks in Guatemala. 

We often believe freedom is to have the most financial freedom, money to buy things “freely.” To be truly free you must have no obligations, no things left undone where you came from, no affairs left unattended. You must be free of any worldly ties to become a walker, as Henry David Thoreau tells it, this is something no money can buy.

This is to say that one must lose themselves in their walk, in the wood. To use the legs for walking, bipedal as we are, this is the proper use instead of sitting on these mechanisms like no other species in the animal kingdom has the luxury to do. This makes it a true crime to take for granted the woods just outside of our cement walls.

Here, in the woods, we find experience that toughens our hide and thickens our skin to the perilous attacks of society. To walk is to be in the present moment, it is to meditate and have your soul and body in one place at the same time. A thing we all search for but hardly ever find. I believe this is because we are searching in the wrong places, rather, the wrong investments. Time should be seen as a gift that is given and not taken for granted and where you spend this time should not be to buy more time.