On my way down from Sunrise Peak on Thursday I was thinking about how my mom used to lecture me for hiking by myself and how passionately I responded "If I waited to have someone to go with me I'd never get to do anything. I will do things I want to do when I want to do them. If someone goes with me, then great, but if not, I'm not going to wait around to do the things I want to do."
And as I was coming down from the peak, I thought to myself, would I have wanted anyone to be with me? I enjoy my time on the trails alone. It's my meditation time. Just because someone might want to come with me doesn't mean I have to want them along. Sure it would be great to have my friend Rebecca back, or to have a guy who dotes on me and inspires me along, but for the most part, my trail time is the time when I push and challenge myself and try to come to terms with who I am. Adding another person to that takes away from what I'm trying to build within myself.
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