Bones

Walked 11 miles this morning.  The giant marshmallow found the bones of a cow killed along the trail.  Perhaps it is a sign of a mountain lion visitation or perhaps the cow simply died along the trail.  The giant marshmallow was very excited by finding bones.  She loves bones.  She chose a nice long rib bone and happily carried it down the trail, occassionally tossing it in the air and once in a while taking a bite out of the tip.  Eventually she wanted to sit down and work on it but that wasn't part of the morning plan so we had to leave the bone behind. 

She remembered a creek close to the trail about 5 miles out and went straight for a drink today.  Then she wanted to take a swim in the pond but I didn't trust her on that.  Later as we walked past the creek she wanted to try another new spot and nearly pulled me in with her.  She's getting more bold about what she wants and far be it for me to object if she is determined. 

I was thinking about those who criticize my choices in lifestyle and direction.  For some reason the criticisms really get under my skin when it is someone I admire, respect or feel close to.  It gets really crazy in my perspective when the same people who criticize openly share their admiration for certain aspects of my choices that are actually intrinsic to the rest of my lifestyle.  I wonder if these peope are simply not happy or if it has become part of their lifestyle to criticize what they do not understand.  I am going to try to let criticism slide off me from now on so that I have the greatest potential to obtain my objective as possible.