Glimpsing the known destination revives a traveler’s flagging will to continue.

Evidence

The snow grew seriously deep. Birdie fell thirty times, I am sure. She seemed unable to keep up at all, so I was obliged to get off and stumble along in her foot-marks. By that time my spirit for overcoming difficulties had somewhat returned, for I saw a lie of country which I knew must contain South Park, and we had got under cover of a hill which kept off the sun. — Isabella L. Bird, A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 191

Categorization

• APHORISMS: A quiet piece of traveler’s wisdom: the sight of the country that must contain your goal is itself restorative energy.