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I like this perspective. Eberhart takes it to an extreme but it seems worth reflecting on: "Shaving down one’s pack weight, he said, was a process of sloughing
by emptybits 9y ago
I like this perspective. Eberhart takes it to an extreme but it seems worth reflecting on:
"Shaving down one’s pack weight, he said, was a process of sloughing off one’s fears. Each object a person carries represents a particular fear: of injury, of discomfort, of boredom, of attack."
- vijayr02 9y agoLet your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need - a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends, worth the name, someone to love and someone to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little more than enough to drink; for thirst is a dangerous thing. Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat