'Going Out I Found Was Really Going In'

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Good morning!

Over the past week, we’ve been blessed with brilliant moonlit skies on our night treks. The naked forest, with its leafless ceiling, allows for night shadows and reminds us that light can always be found even as we approach the darkest days of the year. 

I’ll admit that with age comes the growing desire for comfort, and it is not always easy to get dressed for three or four miles in the cold when the warmth of our kitchen and the glow of our reading lamps whisper, “Stay! Stay!”

The pull to stay in is strong, yet nature always welcomes and affirms us whenever we enter the woods, be it on the cloudiest or most brilliant November morning or under the haunting moon and constellations contrasting an ink-black sky. As John Muir wrote, “I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out until sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.”

Wonder is such a renewing gift, as is wandering. I was reminded of this yesterday during the annual visit with my primary care …