{"id":3805,"date":"2022-08-08T18:51:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T18:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chrisrivard.com\/?p=3805"},"modified":"2022-08-08T18:51:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T18:51:09","slug":"the-nature-of-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/blog\/the-nature-of-things\/","title":{"rendered":"The nature of things"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I remember backpacking in the Carter Range in New Hampshire &#8211; it&#8217;s one valley over from the Presidentials in the White Mountains, and there were trails there that were so rocky, and the footing so unstable, it was such difficult hiking &#8211; I was tired, my pack felt heavy, the light was fading &#8211; and I got so angry at the trail. Why would anyone make a trail here? This trail is just boulders, why does this trail exist? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"3817\" src=\"https:\/\/chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_1629.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3817\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"3815\" src=\"https:\/\/chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_1622.jpg?w=768\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3815\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"3820\" src=\"https:\/\/chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/dscf5833.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3820\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"3821\" src=\"https:\/\/chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/dscf5853.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3821\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"3822\" src=\"https:\/\/chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/dscf5896.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3822\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"3816\" src=\"https:\/\/chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_1588.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3816\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"3814\" src=\"https:\/\/chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/img_1620.jpg?w=768\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3814\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"3819\" src=\"https:\/\/chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/dscf5934.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3819\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was years later I realized I had some expectation of what a trail should be like &#8211; that it should be easier, smoother, it should have better footing. There shouldn&#8217;t be so many boulders and river rocks. It&#8217;s good to question our assumptions and expectations of how we think &#8220;it should be&#8221;. The trail just existed, someone chose to walk that way and set the trail. It&#8217;s a waste of energy to be angry when things don&#8217;t match your expectation. Maybe a better way is to ask why your assumption is thus and why you think your expectation of something is correct. Our expectations are a manifestation of our preconceived biases. Question your biases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Damage, Inc.\" width=\"629\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zx-8UxBKUEo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I remember backpacking in the Carter Range in New Hampshire &#8211; it&#8217;s one valley over from the Presidentials in the White Mountains, and there were trails there that were so rocky, and the footing so unstable, it was such difficult hiking &#8211; I was tired, my pack felt heavy, the light was fading &#8211; and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sartor-resartus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3805\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrisrivard.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}