montañas

Dec 19, 2005 10:19

I am leaving South America in 2 days. Will I make it back?

I have seen a lot, but is it enough?

I have changed, but is it enough?

The mountains here have been one of the largest surprises. -OOH- sudden rush of opportunity for metaphors of struggle and steep incline and summit and ¨all being downhill from here¨. No. I want to try my best to avoid any more of that.

The mountains here have been my big INeverThoughtIWoulds. Nothing before coming here or while I have been here has been about Could. I think that most people, when they really think about what is bothering them, could hit on that. That it´s really about what you Would and what you Wouldn´t.

Who would have guessed that I would be returning to Real Life having hiked up the Inca Trail to sit quietly on a wall constructed for people who would never dream that I would one day see their work and would admire their backyard?

Looking up at a mountain is about beauty that must be taken standing up. It is about feeling challenged. Looking down from a mountain is a more peacefull beauty. On top of a mountain, I feel that I can issue the challenges. I don´t think I have ever felt ownership of anything wild or natural, but I have experienced belonging. On top of mountains in South America I felt that I was where I would be if I belonged here.
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