Slow down to notice spectacular beauty in ordinary scenes.
Make some fresh tracks where no one else has tramped.
Look upward and outward to where your feet should follow.
Re-trace the most memorable winding paths.
Be prepared for fallen branches, hidden entanglements or narrow spaces.
When prickly pines try to needle you, carefully brush past them.
Reap rewards of pushing a little longer…a little further on.
Breathe deeply of crisp, clean air and laugh aloud in wonder
at all that glitters in the bright sunlight.
Be dazzled by life!
a poem in my pocket 