There is a feeling that comes over me when I’m hiking. Even in the extremely short post-operative shuffles that I’ve been taking as I recover from having surgery several weeks ago.
I feel connected. I feel literally grounded to creation and the creator that flows through each of us—butterfly, blade of grass, snake, and human. Sometimes I pause in my hiking and just sit for a while and take in the sounds, smells, and images around me.
I feel a part of nature. I experience the divine around me and within me. I sense connections between myself and the tiny bug crawling on the flower.
