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user-inactivated · 3868 days ago · link · · parent · post: Lil's Book of Questions: When Have You Felt the Most Free?
Backpacking on the far side of North Manitou Island, Michigan. This is simply the furthest I have ever been from the constraining presence of human beings. Not a sight of humans or their works -- just myself, the lake, and the sky. In another sense, of course, I was unusually constrained. Being lazy in nature has consequences. You have to attend to your own support, or things will become unpleasant rather quickly. Freedom has many meanings, including, for me, a sense of self reliance.