Role

Chapter 20

The daunting distance of being high above is enticing and enlightening to see.
From north to south, beyond the sea of mist, the valley expands vaguely
before the clarity begins. This season bares the greens, brown and olive hues
that catch the eye and imagination too.

Each breath is thin, though exhilarating, and the atmosphere is unusually warm
and moist, in spite of a gentle mountain breeze. The stand of oak opens wide,
yielding to green mosses, rocks and logs that appear to invite one to sit and
enjoy the expanse.

Occasionally the fog swirls with birds riding the tide, the currents moving up
and occasionally to the side. This place evokes serenity from deep inside,
the breadth of the beauty when seen from so far above can not be overstated,
denied or conveyed when implied. It must be experienced to understand it
truly.