Discoverable

Sometimes a helpful human truth happens upon you during the course of doing something uneventful.

These days, a lot of what gets done happens through electronic and digital means. Many people have had to overcome a resistance to technology, for the sake of maintaining relationships in a weird world where face-to-face conversations over a beer at the local after-hike hangout is not currently possible.

Media-mediated relationships. At least we can chat, albeit interrupted by bad signal, background noise and awkward mute / unmute negotiations. We can still see each other, despite screen fatigue and high data prices. Links to meetings have become lifelines to sanity for those of us navigating this time alone in our social distancing.

It’s better now. The mountains are accessible again, and their trails allow for the joy of limited companionship.

Connection.

This digitalised online world shared a nugget with me recently.

I discovered the wonder-world…