Author Archives: Humanity Hiker

Prehike Kindness

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Before our journey along the American Discovery Trail even began we benefited from the kindness of family and friends.  On the long drive out we stopped over at two of Ky’s relatives, nephew Curtis and sister Jeannie, and with two … Continue reading

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Journey Virtues

While working on a Masters in Education I did a research project to determine the different ways a person develops on a long distance wilderness journey with a group of people.  I interviewed ten people, asking them to categorize the … Continue reading

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Journey Virtues – Physical Development

In review the virtues we’ve neglected as a mass society, one set of them that comes to mind is the virtues obtained by the sojourner.  Many small band societies had some kind of rites of passage, a transition into adulthood … Continue reading

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Virtues Platform Recap

Over the past few months I’ve posted virtues associated with humanity, community and kindness.  There’s one more set of virtues to share, those associated with journeying.  Here’s a recap of all the virtues.  Recall that these virtues are things that … Continue reading

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Freedom Meme

I’m dabbling in memes these days.  Tell me what you think.

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Community Garden in Locke

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Kindness Virtues – Faith

The last of the kindness virtues is faith.  I define faith as believing in something you cannot know from experience.  Usually this is applied to God, or something that transcends the material realm.  We can experience things that transcend us, … Continue reading

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Kindness Virtues – Courage

During our hike across the country hundreds of people were kind to us.  Almost all of them wished us to “Be safe” or “Safe travels” upon our departure. Think about the irony in that. It’s a topic I’ve covered before, … Continue reading

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Kindness Virtues – Humility

This summer I am a Program Director for a residential YMCA camp; that interferes with my posting on a regular basis.  Picking up where I left off regarding kindness virtues, the next one is humility. I view humility as accepting … Continue reading

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Kindness Virtues – Leisure

As we walked across the country there was a direct correlation between the type of road we walked on (when not on trail, bike paths or hiking cross-country) and how frequently people stopped to offer us kindness.  On paved roads … Continue reading

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