[Nas]

Z, your playlist is Nas approved 😜

Another resonant quote from the article you shared is this one:
“I think that the greatest challenge of both thru-hiking and grief is accepting what is rather than what could or should be.”
If I may muse for a second: I have personally seen that quote get a little bit bastardized. Completely decoupling it (haha) from any notion of reconciliation, I like the quote and the should part I completely agree with. But depending on what the grief is and what the circumstances are, the could part can be a gray area. Thinking about “what could be” could be (haha again) part of one’s growth. “Could” to me is part of possibility and possibility is part of l/arises from self-awareness.