#6 Wilderness as Sacred Place: My sacred place at CNU

Afton Reed

I don't feel like I have many places that I consider sacred.The only place that really strikes me is a place I went to a few times for answers. There were a few nights I just felt like going for walks and I always ended up at the fountain. Most nights no one was sitting there so I could do whatever I wanted to without feeling watched. Sometimes I cried. I often watched the sky or the water in the fountain. I'm not sure what was so relaxing about it. And why I felt so comfortable there, but there it was. I guess it chose, I didn't choose it. I didn't really perform any rituals there, but if crying could be considered a ritual, or somewhat questioning a higher power, then I performed rituals there. It is both local and universal because many people find water to be relazing. And finally it is tread upon every day but I am the only one who has entered it as a sacred place. But, now that I have shared it's sacredness, you may enter.