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I forget sometimes that some of you read LJ but not myspace, so I forget that if I post stuff over there some of you aren't going to see it. So I wanted to post this paragraph that I found last week while unpacking things. It's a quote by Edward Abbey, whose Desert Solitaire is a book that demands reading.

"Do not burn yourself out. Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast... a part time crusader, a half hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourself and your life for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it's still out there. So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, encounter the grizz, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that sweet lucid air, sit quietly for awhile and contemplate the precious stillness, that lovely, mysterious and awesome space. Enjoy yourself, and keep your brain in your head firmly attached to your body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this much: I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those deskbound people with their hearts in a safe deposit box and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators. I promise you this much: you wil outlive them all."