I took off the beloved running shoes for the first time today and laced up the hiking boots.
The hiking boots that are not fashionable.
The hiking boots that are not pretty.
The hiking boots that and are not fun.
One would think that for the price of them there'd be some fun in them...somewhere...
Nope.
Test hike one was at Campbell Valley Park today and, well, ugly though they are - I think they'll work. Something amazing happened as I looked down at the ugly boots on my feet and I imagined them slowly but surely making their way to the top of Africa. I imagined me on my final ascent. Boots scuffed, dirty and well worn in, walking, no carrying, me confidently and assuredly up to the summit.
Somehow the ugliness of the boots fell away and the beauty of the journey overwhelmed me.
These are the boots that are going to become my BFF, my most important possession for 9 days and will celebrate most intimately with me, the success of the climb.
These boots were made for walking, and that's just what we'll do.
I tried posting yesterday but do not see it so here I am trying again. You may say you are only "one" but you are a very powerful "one". I'll be following with keen interest and lots of love and cyber support. Linda
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