A child growing up in a
secluded wooded valley knows everything important. All that is relevant
and worthwhile is close at hand, and familiar.
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| Dog Mountain Trail, good dog. |
One day, he ascends the
foothills; the trees open up, and sunshine pours in. Discoveries and unknown possibilities appear.
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| French Pete Creek Trail |
Finally, he reaches the
summit, he sees other valleys—unknown valleys much like his own—as well as
deserts, more peaks, and an infinite sky. It is then he learns that there
is more than he can ever know; an awesome universe beyond his imagination
or comprehension.
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| Columbia River Gorge from Hamilton Mountain |
And though he may return
to the valley, and be happy there, he is forever changed; his awareness of the
universe lends a different meaning to the confines of the valley.
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