Hiking and Beautiful Views

So this past weekend I took the opportunity to do a little hike up the mountain in my back yard! Living on Discovery Bay is such a pleasure and I am ashamed to say I hardly ever take advantage of it's beautiful nature trails. I wasn't sure what I'd find when I set out on my journey of epic proportions. I thought I'd just walk and keep walking and see where that would take me. I got to the peak lookout (literally called that) where there was even a little roofed area. Obviously this was the most amazing view of all of Hong Kong. I could see everything. I took pix on my phone since I didn't have my camera, so I can't show any photos here. But I'm sure you can imagine how gorgeous it was. I recommend it to everyone. It's ten times better than the view from Victoria peak IMHO. I mean it is so peaceful up there. It was only me, unlike on the peak where you'll find 70% of the tourists visiting HK all in one place fighting to take pictures and a whole lot of fog to boot.

I've always loved going on walks with no particular destination in mind. It is so incredibly rejuvenating. It's a form of meditation I guess. A time to just be with yourself and reflect on everything. Nature walks are the best because you can also be with nature and also meditate with God if that is what you believe in. It seems so much is reveiled to me about everything from little problems to coming to huge decisions about my feelings about something every time I just take time out of the busyness of life and let God just speak to me. I just imagine if I could be that freed from every day stress all the time, and what I see is a life of so much more joy. That is one of my major aspirations, something I'm constantly striving for, to find that infamous balance in life and to keep grounded in what I've come to value is a major truth about life. That truth has to do with what is simple and pure and comforts me by taking me away from all the fluff that life can so often become stuffed with. So I therefore HIGHLY recommend a nature walk or two to all! If anything you'll get a nice breath of fresh air :-).