{"id":777,"date":"2022-10-04T13:27:26","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T13:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/?p=777"},"modified":"2024-07-01T16:41:41","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T16:41:41","slug":"those-who-wander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/?p=777","title":{"rendered":"Those Who Wander"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Those-Who-Wander-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Those-Who-Wander-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Those-Who-Wander-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/krista.longeway.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Those-Who-Wander-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">I used to live on a farm where, here and there, small stands of poplars grew.&nbsp; I would make my way through the grassy fields until I reached the shade of the trees and wander, taking in the sights and sounds of the small forest.&nbsp; It is in these moments that I felt most at home within myself.&nbsp; There is something powerful about the way the sun shines down through the leaves as they dance in the breeze and the sound of the water as it trickles over smooth stones.&nbsp; While wandering on these walks, all my cares dropped away and all that mattered was this one moment in time.&nbsp; It was a place where I would go when I most needed to put my life in perspective\u2026a place where I went to find myself. When I think of all the days I have spent wandering through the forest, I remember the many times that it has healed my heart and made me feel whole again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse has-black-color has-electric-grass-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\">            <strong>  Those Who Wander<\/strong>\n             By Krista Longeway\n\nWandering here and there, I slowly make my way \nThrough the grassy fields on a sunny summer day\nTo a path seldom travelled in a shaded wood\nWhere I\u2019d spend all of my days if only I could\nMeandering along a path few others know\nWhere graceful bluebells and sweet wild strawberries grow\nIn the leafy branches of poplars standing tall\nThe summer air is alive with the songbird\u2019s call\nThe sun shines down brightly giving leaves a green glow\nLeaving dappled shadows on the dirt path below\nA small creature scurries through the dense undergrowth\nIn a rustle of leaves that surprises us both\nI slowly walk on until I reach a small stream\nFlowing over smooth stones then away like a dream\nI carefully cross, balancing on the damp stones, \nAs I listen to the water\u2019s melodic tones\nThen I wander aimlessly through the trees some more\nThrough the ferns and brush that cover the forest floor\nUntil I reach a place to sit amongst the trees\nWhere I do nothing more than listen to the breeze\nTo wander the woods is not to be lost, my friend\nIt is but a means to find yourself in the end.\n\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I used to live on a farm where, here and there, small stands of poplars grew.&nbsp; I would make my way through the grassy fields until I reached the shade of the trees and wander, taking in the sights and sounds of the small forest.&nbsp; It is in these moments that I felt most at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1,6,15,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hope","category-uncategorized","category-quiet-reflection","category-summer","category-the-forest"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - 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