{"id":181,"date":"2009-04-24T21:28:52","date_gmt":"2009-04-25T02:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/appalachia.matthewmosher.us\/?p=181"},"modified":"2009-04-24T21:28:52","modified_gmt":"2009-04-25T02:28:52","slug":"wild-ponies-the-trail-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.matthewmosher.com\/appalachia\/thoughts\/wild-ponies-the-trail-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Ponies &#038; The Trail Mind 501.8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Towards the middle of the day, just past Wise Shelter I found a herd of wild ponies! \u00a0So cute! \u00a0I pet one of them. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.matthewmosher.org\/appalachia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/l-1600-1200-d5b0c245-fe09-40c3-994e-f0ec80ee1415.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-364\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthewmosher.org\/appalachia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/l-1600-1200-d5b0c245-fe09-40c3-994e-f0ec80ee1415.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.matthewmosher.org\/appalachia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/l-1600-1200-110d0591-831e-4c01-93fb-8ac11fd7eb8b.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-364\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthewmosher.org\/appalachia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/l-1600-1200-110d0591-831e-4c01-93fb-8ac11fd7eb8b.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.matthewmosher.org\/appalachia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/p-1024-768-d827e049-10aa-4203-bac9-7546f49a60a2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-364\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthewmosher.org\/appalachia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/p-1024-768-d827e049-10aa-4203-bac9-7546f49a60a2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.matthewmosher.org\/appalachia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/p-1600-1200-20843dc0-119a-4361-8d0b-c3f39a1e7d5b.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-364\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthewmosher.org\/appalachia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/p-1600-1200-20843dc0-119a-4361-8d0b-c3f39a1e7d5b.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Using Pony Power, I discovered a better way to carry my pack:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.matthewmosher.org\/appalachia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/p-1600-1200-a2efe2b0-b0e6-48bc-a139-01592554271c.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-364\" src=\"http:\/\/www.matthewmosher.org\/appalachia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/p-1600-1200-a2efe2b0-b0e6-48bc-a139-01592554271c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s amazing how my mind is deteriorating, or shattering. \u00a0I mull stuff over a bit, but not nearly as much as I used to, and I get very little emotional response from it. \u00a0There are no decisions out here, no choices. \u00a0There is nothing, really, to think about. \u00a0Iit seems I can only think about the past and future for so long, and that amount of time is getting shorter and shorter since I can&#8217;t even pretend to be able to do anything about it out here. \u00a0As my mind dulls to off trail things meditation becomes easier. \u00a0There is no other place to be but on the trail in this moment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There is also a type of mental, physical, and material editing that takes place. \u00a0Everything that is not essential gets left behind.<\/p>\n<p>Of course the song in my head today was Wild Horses by the Rolling Stones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Towards the middle of the day, just past Wise Shelter I found a herd of wild ponies! 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