It's hard to go. It's scary and lonely...and half the time you'll be wondering why the hell you're in Cincinnati or Austin or North Dakota or Mongolia or wherever your melodious little finger-plucking heinie takes you. There will be boondoggles and discombobulated days, freaked-out nights and metaphorical flat tires. But it will be soul-smashingly beautiful... It will open up your life.
Cheryl StrayedOf all the things Iโd been skeptical about, I didnโt feel skeptical about this: the wilderness had a clarity that included me.
Cheryl StrayedThe place of true healing is a fierce place. It's a giant place. it's a place of monstrous beauty and endless dark and glimmering light.
Cheryl StrayedWhatโs important is that you make the leap. Jump high and hard with intention and heart. Pay no mind to the vision that the commission made up. Itโs up to you to make your life. Take what you have and stack it up like a tower of teetering blocks. Build your dream around that.
Cheryl StrayedYou can't replicate walking 94 days through the wilderness by yourself with a really heavy pack until you do it.
Cheryl Strayed