So this is a story and it is not really about Kokoda or hiking or trekking. It's about connection. Connection with everything - whether we realize or not that what we do, or don't do, impacts other people, somewhere somehow. In this big world of ours we sometimes forget that we are all connected. The world is a big place and what affects one, eventually affects others. We are all connected…. A mouse looked through the crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife open a package. "What food might this contain?" The mouse wondered. He was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap! Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning: "There is a mousetrap in the house! There is a mousetrap in the house!" The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, "Mr. Mouse, I can tell this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me. I cannot be bothered by it." The mouse turned to the pig and told him, "There is a mousetrap in the house!" The pig sympathized, but said: "I am so very sorry, Mr. Mouse, but there is nothing I can do about it except pray. Be assured you are in my prayers." The mouse turned to the cow and said "There is a mousetrap in the house!" The cow said, "Wow, Mr. Mouse I'm sorry for you, but it's no skin off my nose." So, the mouse returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer's mousetrap alone. That very night a sound was heard throughout the house -- like the sound of a mousetrap catching its prey. The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness, she did not see it was a
So this is a story and it is not really about Kokoda or hiking or trekking. It’s about connection. Connection with everything – whether we realize or not that what we do, or don’t do, impacts other people, somewhere somehow. In this big world of ours we sometimes forget that we are all connected. The
