GideonVandaleur
Envoy of the Silence
- Dec 15, 2021
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By sheer happenstance, I live in the backcountry. A spot where nature is the unadulterated mistress of beauty. On occasion, I set out on foot to explore the expanse of my surroundings. A wise man once said, "You should spend twenty minutes in nature everyday. Unless you're busy, then you should spend an hour." I've spent years here listening to the trees, the grass, and the occasional spirit of some passing thought. There is a deep stillness in the backcountry. A sense that the world would continue long after we have tried to leave our mark on it. For most of our lives it seems like we're the ones sitting and contemplating nature, but perhaps it is nature that is contemplating us. In it's eternal timeline it has yet to form an opinion. I wonder if nature blames us for the state of the world? If it wonders why we're so busy in our daily goings on? Sitting there on the edge of infinity I wonder what nature would think if it looked down on my tiny life? How closely my life resembles that of an ant and how nothing I do could ever possibly matter to it. Yet, in that futile nothing, there seems to be the point of existing at all.
I don't know how to segway out of this peace, but it's been a few days since I've felt the pressing urge to post anything. I somehow felt that I would be letting the people down who have enjoyed my silly rants that I've thrown out into the ether. So I thought I'd try a different, more somber, philosophical tone this time around. I wonder how whomever reads this will react or what they will take away from it if anything at all? Thanks for indulging me compadres.
I don't know how to segway out of this peace, but it's been a few days since I've felt the pressing urge to post anything. I somehow felt that I would be letting the people down who have enjoyed my silly rants that I've thrown out into the ether. So I thought I'd try a different, more somber, philosophical tone this time around. I wonder how whomever reads this will react or what they will take away from it if anything at all? Thanks for indulging me compadres.
