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Cloudy and sunless autumn morning is the perfect time for hiking，as you don’t have to worry about putting on the sunscreen, neither do you have to worry about sweating too much. However, when I woke up to such a Saturday morning, I lay on bed instead, indulging in the reminisces of the good old days when more than 10 people clustered cheerfully in the parking lot and set off hiking before the dawn cracked. For more than once, we hiked from the mountain to the sea, a 10-mile- plus trail, trespassing the state park and overlooking the peaceful sea shimmering under the sun.
It looks like that those days are gone with the wind. Our enthusiasm has been cooling for nearly a year, with the departure of some avid hikers moving to different cities or states. However hard I tried to revive, the team has been dwindling to four people, or two, and now basically zero.
I gazed out the window at the gloomy sky, and then decided to go alone to the nearby open trail across the community. This trail is actually a very long and well-maintained one, bridging three big communities together and leading itself all the way to the beach. Flanked by trees on both sides, the trail is exposed to the noisy street on one side, but a vast tract of grassland and parks on the other. Along the way, I stopped at the stone walls upon which the city’s history is engraved, looking at the old pictures and captions below with the stories of how the city rose from an orchard farm to today’s richness and prosperity.
I walked for over an hour, and turned back with slight sweat but big satisfaction.
Persistence prevails. Hopefully I can keep up the hiking, reading and writing, for my own sake.
我有時候想寫點，也是唯恐事過境遷，將來忘了。可時間和水平都有限，有時又犯懶，好長時間也整不出幾行字來 ：）
我喜歡你的文字，就像你的為人，溫潤不爭，自然真實。
周末快樂！
我家的體重秤也好久沒電池了，想著下個月要回國參加大學同學聚會，最近趕緊裝了電池。秤了一下還好，於是決定接著懶下去。
準備回來後恢複鍛煉，到時候通知你。
Writing for its own sake was highly advocated by some people, e.g., Steven Pressfield.
Check out his book "The War of Art," if you haven't.
No pressure, only practice.