In hopes of enriching her retirement, a woman planned a trip around the world. To begin her travels, she hiked through an upstate forest, a place she was aware of but had never visited before. She planned on sightseeing for a day or two, but as she spent time in the forest, she found herself returning to the same spots. For as each hour passed, the forest took on a different life due to the changes of the light, the wind, and the interaction of the beings of the forest. The more time she spent in the forest, the more things the woman noticed - the fall of each leaf, the sound of an approaching animal, the swirling water in the river. An infinite world opened up to her. As the days passed into weeks, and weeks into months, she observed the season's effect on the forest, and she knew that she could go there every morning and experience something new and beautiful.

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