Force of Nature Quotes

“When the mind is festering with trouble or the heart torn, we can find healing among the silence of the mountains...” [1] Nature heals. Nature inspires. Nature brought me back, however tentatively, to my right mind.”
― Joan M. Griffin, Force of Nature: Three Women Tackle The John Muir Trail

“Over The Rainbow Between every two pine trees there is a door leading to a new way of life. ~ John Muir, Undated margin notes in Prose Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson”
― Joan M. Griffin, Force of Nature: Three Women Tackle The John Muir Trail

“Beauty by John O’Donoghue, who wrote, “When the mind is festering with trouble or the heart torn, we can find healing among the silence of the mountains...” [1]”
― Joan M. Griffin, Force of Nature: Three Women Tackle The John Muir Trail

“The sun shines not on us but in us. The rivers flow not past, but through us, thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of the substance of our bodies, making them glide and sing. ~ John Muir, undated fragment of Muir journals, c.1872,”
― Joan M. Griffin, Force of Nature: Three Women Tackle The John Muir Trail

“believe,”
― Joan M. Griffin, Force of Nature: Three Women Tackle The John Muir Trail

“Thich Nhat Hanh’s words of guidance came to mind, “Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.”[13] I reached out with my right foot, finding firm stone under my heel, then rolled my body’s mass forward onto the ball of my foot, so my whole foot was engaged. I could feel the ground push up through my leg supporting me, like the roots of a tree. I picked up my left foot and reached towards the next steppingstone, first feeling the solidness under foot, before shifting my weight forward to rest there. For just a moment, my weight was exactly split—half resting on each stone—then I began the process again. Each step created the odd pairing of the feeling of the Earth’s solidness beneath my feet with the visual perception of walking on smooth water. Without a wobble, I reached the opposite shore.”
― Joan M. Griffin, Force of Nature: Three Women Tackle The John Muir Trail