Life is a hunger, a hankering for what is just beyond my reach, a persistent drive to find Truth, Beauty, and Life. The Big Ticket items. It is a hidden quest of every person to find this place, these moments, to touch something eternal and forever, and then to linger in them for as long as they last.
When I went hunting with my grandfather, walking through the woods and hills of southern Wisconsin, often we did not raise our guns. Shooting something didn’t seem to be that important to us. We just walked in the beauty of dawn in autumn, listening to the dry corn shocks rasp against each other in the breeze, the scent of fall apples in the air, and feeling the cold bite of winter coming on. I think he liked to be outdoors because it renewed him, and I was happy to tag along. We seldom spoke, but his love for the outdoors was shared. I continue his journey, but I hike rather than hunt.
For some reason, I’ve always wanted to know the meaning behind events, people, and chance encounters. You may be like me in this, whether you’re an outdoors person, or someone who prefers to find transcendence through talking about life’s struggles with others. It’s not enough for us to simply exist and enjoy life. We want to know why.
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