Giving Back
Oct 09, 2019
"I love to hike! Yes, hiking can be strenuous, sometimes dangerous, treacherous, the terrain can be rocky, slippery, perhaps knee deep in snow, the weather blistery hot or freezing, rainy, snowy, stormy, but when, from the Interstate while driving home, I look back at the mountains I have just hiked the feeling of accomplishment is unmatched by anything else I have ever done! And, it is the memories of the challenge, the trail's funny little stories, the friends and comrades, the sound of walking through fallen leaves or the crunch of icy snow beneath my feet, the beauty of nature at its best, the panoramas, the macro photos allowing me to enter the inner world of the subject, the oneness with the forest critters, and so much more. Yes, that's why I love the challenge of the hike. Yes, that is exactly why."
I started thinking about all that I had received from the mountains: the gifts and miracles, the love, the beauty of the mountains, the vivid colors of the sunset, and the voices of nature singing in the morning and freely sharing! Sharing??
Sharing what has been received! If "receiving" is cyclic, what is the other side of receiving? We must create a void by "giving" to receive! That is a Universal Law! The Law of Abundance! The Law of Giving and Receiving!
In order to share or give, we must receive. In order to receive, we must create a void by giving. Give—receive, give—receive! I get it! Cycling the giving and receiving again and again is RECYCLING!
So, with recycling or giving back in mind, I think about my beautiful mountains and all the love and healing I RECEIVE from them, from the trails, the rivers, the trees and wildflowers, the forest critters, etc. I realize and understand my role in recycling or giving back love and healing to the mountains!!!
Putting this Principle into action, I set out with four other women in our "Hiking for Healing" group to Elkmont to RECYCLE love for our mountains. There, we spent a volunteer service morning doing Fire Mitigation around the old homes and structures of historic Daisytown in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park. What a great morning it was, too!!! We met with the Community Volunteer Ambassador for GSMNP, a representative from the NPS Fire Division, and several other people (16 total participants) to give "service" or love back to the mountains that give us so much!!
But our recycling of love doesn't stop there. It must be ongoing! Every time we step on a trail or sit by a roaring waterfall, every time we look through our "rearview mirror from the interstate" at the mountains, we just hike! Every time our hearts and soul long for the feeling experienced in our dear mountains, remember to recycle the love!
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