A Walk in the Woods

There's so much bad news out there.  Another mass shooting, this time in a south Texas church, horrifies me once again.  It's  been a year tomorrow since Trump was elected President and it's been a hard year.  So today we took to the woods.  Hiking with two other couples, we enjoyed the amazingly colorful yellow, red and orange trees, the fresh cold air, and the peace of wild places.  It was a wonderful park we hiked in only half hour from E. Lansing.  We were alone in the park and passed only one other hiker on our 4 1/2 miles.  Walking along, I could literally feel the cares of the world slide off my shoulders.  Big views of natural beauty as well as small views, like bright leaves on the ground or the little beige thumb size frog that hopped across the path in front of me  brought me great joy.  My perspective on life was corrected as I realized once again how wonderful our world is and what a gift it is to be alive.  Trees do that for me.

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