I have lived in Jackson, Wyoming since 2016, but I am still surprised at how fleeting summer in the Tetons is. Each …
“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man” Heraclitus …
“Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.” -Epictetus I am an anesthesiologist, …
“How beautifully Plato put it. Whenever you want to talk about people, it’s best to take a bird’s-eye view and see everything …
“Being poor is not having too little, it is wanting more” Seneca Today’s objective was to hike the loop around Jenny Lake …
“The present is all we have to live in. Or to lose.” – Marcus Aurelius My parents are in Jackson for the …
“Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with …
“This actually turned out to be a pretty nice hike.” Larry Zeleznik Since it’s Father’s Day, I decided to give this blog …
“If your choices are beautiful, so too will you be.” Epictetus The Phelps Lake area is the hiking equivalent of “you can’t …
“No good thing is pleasant to possess, without friends to share it.” Seneca Since it was Independence Day, I started off the …
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” Aristotle This hike began with a very solid dose of stoicism for me. As …
“The fool, with all his other faults, has this also, he is always getting ready to live.” Seneca Hermitage Point is a …
“If it’s endurable, then endure it. Stop complaining.” Marcus Aurelius I was incredibly lucky to talk my son and his friend Connor …
“Misfortune is virtue’s opportunity.” Seneca I was pretty spent after the Marion Lake hike on Saturday, but I had the gift of …
“Well-being is realized by small steps.” Zeno After the hike to Marion Lake I was questioning my ability to pull of the …
“No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself.” Seneca The weather …
“When you’re alone you should call this condition tranquility and freedom, and think of yourself like the gods; and when you are …
“Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.” Epictetus I’ve had this hike …
“The Fates guide the person who accepts them and hinder the person who resists them.” Cleanthes I have never heard of Arizona …
“It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our …
“The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.” Marcus Aurelius I finished up work early on …
“Remember how long you’ve been putting this off, how many extensions the gods gave you, and you didn’t use them. At some …
“You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.” Marcus Aurelius I have been looking …
“Everything you see will soon alter and cease to exist. Think of how many changes you’ve already seen; the world is nothing …
“We are just paper lanterns. We can just burn up anytime.” Joon Park This one was a big adventure. The goal for …
“At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: “I have to go to work — as a human …
“Each day provides its own gifts.” Marcus Aurelius Well, that’s it. It took all summer and a little of fall, but I …