Reentry

"The greatest gains and values are farthest from being appreciated. We easily come to doubt if they exist. We soon forget them. They are the highest reality..."
Henry David Thoreau
Walden

How often is it that we are able to completely extricate ourselves from the [disturbingly] intricate and overwhelming society to which we have grown so accustomed? Once a year? Once a decade? Once a lifetime? If your answer is orders of magnitude different then perhaps you either miss the point, or you are much luckier than I.


Perspective seems to be the most underrated of intangibles. A rational understanding and acceptance of the relationships between yourself and societal constructs. It's difficult to maintain perspective of an object in which you're enveloped. For instance, your house. If you never left your house, the only vantage point you'd have is of the inside. Society (a somewhat nebulous notion, that...) is the same.

I recently was privileged to spend sixteen days floating the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. No discourse could ever possibly express such natural grandeur, so I'll refrain. Instead I'll revisit that initial question. How often?

Get out. Please. Find your own perspective. Don't share, but rather encourage others to search for their own.