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"share the same spirit as the water, and it will help you move."

Posted by Troy Parla,
North Country explorer from
June 20, 2025

We were sitting on a dock feeding fish and I saw the young deer at the far bank.

Believing it was trying to get a drink, I was concerned about it falling in.

Instead it gracefully entered, swam silently and calmly across and exited.



As graceful in the water as among the leaves.