When I stopped running away from the world, I started hiking the Appalachian Trail. As I continued hiking the trail, I began "Walking With Pacence." ____________________________________________________________________ From: Pacence To: Mary Subject: Re: Hello Date: Sunday, August 4, 2002, 1:24am ____________________________________________________________________ Hello Mary- It is so wonderful to hear from you. I'm in Kent, Connecticut-couple days past Bear Mountain. If you and others are still interested, I would love to have you meet me somewhere up the trail. I'll be checking my e-mails more frequently-knowing that we may meet up. I have so much to share with you, and I'm looking forward to chatting someday soon. If it's one thing that I've learned on this trail, it is that-one does not have to be on the trail, to be on The Trail. This experience has transitioned from what was a physical journey to a mental journey to being completely emotional and then finally, the spiritual pilgrimage that I was searching for. I had eventually found this path as soon as I stopped searching for it, and now there is no separation between the physical/mental/emotional/spiritual-it has all fused into one harmonious path, the path of love-and it is here where everything exists and everything is real I would love to share this path with you, so let's be in touch and try to make it happen. Harmony and love-Pacence