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John Muir quote illustration: I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in — John Muir quote

Going Out Was Really Going In — John Muir Quote

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John Muir is one of my heroes. A Scotsman who moved to California, and through his writings and public engagement (in his later years), played a direct role in America's Greatest Idea: the creation of the National Park system. He wrote prodigiously and is very quotable. The National Park Service has a lovely page of inspiring John Muir quotes, as does the Sierra Club he founded, with sources. But most of all, he spent long days and years by himself exploring the Sierra Nevada mountains of California and taking in everything that Nature offered. Drawn from his later writings and published in John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir, 1938, is this wonderful quote: "I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in." — John Muir I'm sure people draw their own value from this quote. But for me, it reminds me that we are part of Nature and belong outside, not in. Is there some out that you can make your in this week? -- The quote appears on pages 427 and 438 of the copy in the wonderful Internet Archive. Or some rare copies are available to order. An eye-opening and readable view into John Muir's writings is his book My First Summer in the Sierra, about the year he spent driving sheep up into the mountains and living alongside them. It gives an early taste of his poetic writing, the wild life he embraced, complete with remarkable stories, and the raptures the mountains produced in him. Among others, My First Summer in the Sierra includes the lovely quote (also sketched): "As soon as we take one thing by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe." The backdrop is from Upper Grove in Mariposa, Yosemite. Related Ideas to Going Out was Really Going In Also see: Rückenfigur Hitched to Everything Else in the Universe The 3-Day Effect 5 Ways to Wellbeing Forest Bathing Time hierarchy How to Instantly Feel Better Truth and BeautyJohn Muir is one of my heroes. A Scotsman who moved to California, and through his writings and public engagement (in his later years), played a direct role in America's Greatest Idea: the creation of the National Park system. He wrote prodigiously and is very quotable. The National Park Service has a lovely page of inspiring John Muir quotes, as does the Sierra Club he founded, with sources. But most of all, he spent long days and years by himself exploring the Sierra Nevada mountains of California and taking in everything that Nature offered. Drawn from his later writings and published in John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir, 1938, is this wonderful quote: "I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in." — John Muir I'm sure people draw their own value from this quote. But for me, it reminds me that we are part of Nature and belong outside, not in. Is there some out that you can make your in this week? -- The quote appears on pages 427 and 438 of the copy in the wonderful Internet Archive. Or some rare copies are available to order. An eye-opening and readable view into John Muir's writings is his book My First Summer in the Sierra, about the year he spent driving sheep up into the mountains and living alongside them. It gives an early taste of his poetic writing, the wild life he embraced, complete with remarkable stories, and the raptures the mountains produced in him. Among others, My First Summer in the Sierra includes the lovely quote (also sketched): "As soon as we take one thing by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe." The backdrop is from Upper Grove in Mariposa, Yosemite. Related Ideas to Going Out was Really Going In Also see: Rückenfigur Hitched to Everything Else in the Universe The 3-Day Effect 5 Ways to Wellbeing Forest Bathing Time hierarchy How to Instantly Feel Better Truth and Beauty

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