Still In The Shop...

Still some work to be done before getting back on the trail. (071125 S3L22)

Dear Fellow Travelers,

I write this letter almost three months since my last Life Hike post. Although my intentions were to write you more frequently, my immobility and some other surprises that surfaced have kept me from reaching out. The biggest reason for my absence has not been due to a lack of material, nor the abundance of material. But due to the significant swings between the extremes of my too much stuff to write and not enough stuff to write. That has caused, what is best described as my analysis paralysis.

But these past couple days I have felt… dare I say it… a bit of control in my healing process, which leads to my journey back to the trail. And as I have learned through my physical therapy, the importance of moderation in returning to my pre-surgery activities, I’ll simply end this new beginning of letter writing with an excerpt from a letter written by James (not my Dad James, but the other one, Saint James…)

My brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of any kind, consider it nothing but joy, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance; and let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing. James 1:2-4

With Care and Gratitude, Dan.

Postscript…

Re: One Picture is worth…. Just wanted to share an image of the exceptional body work of my mechanic…