Older article, though a great read. Something I've stuck by doing for years, every time I'm out there it's similar to a mental wiping, a full reset, carries over and tends to last the entire day, as far as how I feel. Being a handful of miles out from the trails in the middle of the national forests, at times I wish my entire life consisted of just walking through these areas. There's probably nothing closer to my heart. All makes sense when out there.
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—Robert Louis Stevenson said:It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’s hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air, that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.
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