"Imagine..."

What if we each did just one thing? What a gift this would be.

What if we each took just one step towards understanding our individual role in supporting the natural world we adventure in.

Decided upon one small effort to maintain and preserve the natural environment.

For one time our energy is expended for something or someone else. 

Or even one moment given for support and encouragement of another seeker within the wild lands.

These represent a different kind of generosity; one that is more about practicing a simpler kind of charity.

I've mused many times regarding how it's not just about each of us, on our own.

Rather, it is more about all of us, and even more so, about our stewardship for these special wild places.

I've pondered how adventures are not just about a focus upon an objective.that it can also be about a gesture, a very different way to expend energy, a reflection of a certain kind of effort.

And then it is only a matter of letting this simple kind of philanthropy ride the wave of its own momentum.

The impacts can be immeasurable...

This is not really about doing 'yet one more thing'.

Often it is only making such efforts part of the adventure experiences we are there for anyway.

We hike and paddle long distances one hour at a time, and are very amazed when we look back and see the distance we have covered and the height we have attained.

We journey for many days and are in wonder as we reflect on the experience and how much terrain and how many emotions we have traveled through.

If I can give back one small thing, then anyone can, and if anyone can, just imagine what could happen with just one thing.....  DSD