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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.
我有时候想写点，也是唯恐事过境迁，将来忘了。可时间和水平都有限，有时又犯懒，好长时间也整不出几行字来 ：）
我喜欢你的文字，就像你的为人，温润不争，自然真实。
周末快乐！
我家的体重秤也好久没电池了，想着下个月要回国参加大学同学聚会，最近赶紧装了电池。秤了一下还好，于是决定接着懒下去。
准备回来后恢复锻炼，到时候通知你。
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.