One silly choice made everything come back full circle

Hiking in Burnt lake trail
I hiked Burnt Lake Trail about three years ago. The thing that happened to me on that day still remains a mystery to me. I had to walk about one and a half hour up the hill to arrive at the trail head of Burnt Lake. The paved road was passable only to high clearance cars. From the trail head, I started to hike up towards Burnt lake for about one or two hours. Suddenly, the trees and rocks started to look so familiar. It was the first hike that I have been in this trail. I thought this might be deja vu. All of a sudden, I found myself standing in front of the trail head which I had started from earlier. I could not believe my eyes since I was back at the trail head without realizing it. I thought I would have to hike the same trail again to figure this out, but I have not done yet.

Missing values
Today I am experiencing the similar thing at this time. About five years ago, people in my motherland was successful in driving out the corrupt regime in a democratic manner. Today the power went back into their hands with less than 1% difference of votes. Some of them successfully threw away the values they had pursued five years ago.

by Kihyon Sohn