Almost every day when I get home from school, I drop off my school bag, grab my running shoes, and set out for my daily run. Lately, I have chosen to run from my house north on the Greenbay trail. Today, I unintentionally ventured further than normal and found myself on the trail looking at New Trier from above. Instead of during the day, when just the sight of school makes me think about tests, homework, and stressful projects, New Trier looked picturesque, calm, and it actually looked like a place I would want to be 5 days a week. Looking down at it, I felt as though I was looking at school from a newer and more powerful perspective.
Could this be similar to what the Puritans were looking for when coming from England to the New World? Every day in England, they struggled with the anxiety of the religion they loved so much being corrupted by the Anglican church. They decided to make the long voyage into territory that they had never explored before, but in the end their difficult journey payed off. They were now allowed to look upon their religion with fresh eyes and re-evaluate it, making it something they could live with and enjoy.
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