Its nearly November, snow has begun to fall in the Northwest and I’m still playing on the beach. Over the last Month and a half I have had the opportunity to drag out the Indian summer as much as possible. I’m sure I speak for the population of mountain guides in the Northwest when I say, “we needed a bit of time to dry out.” As you may have heard this summer in Washington was one of the wettest and windiest to date. We had about two weeks of summer and the rest seemed to be some odd mixture winter/spring/fall/summer. Its times like those that make me thankful for down jackets and lots of hot drinks!
It’s hard to believe that summer has passed and winter is almost here. If I think through the last twelve months of my life my mind almost explodes. Times of quiet reflection are the key to learning some of the important lessons of life. If I had to boil the last twelve months into one single lesson it would be this: “We are made for love, we must exist in love at all times. In order to experience love we must first experience true sorrow.” Keep in mind this lesson is yet to be carried in to fruition. The true definition of sorrow has not yet been determined. The closest definition I have found would be the crucifixion of Christ. From the crucifixion I have learned that in order to love someone or something you must be willing to give up everything, to risk it all in order to truly love.
Some say, believing is seeing. I learned this week that we must first believe before we can truly see. What do we need to see or believe in you may ask? A DREAM my friends. Each and every one of us was created for a truly fantastic purpose. A purpose that could change the world, a purpose that could change our outlook on life as we know it. We are destined for bigger and better things. We were not created to sit at a desk 40 hours a week working for the paycheck. We were made to make a difference, and to improve the quality of life around us. When we are living the lives we were meant to live things simply get better.
This is my challenge to you, take some quiet time, it may be a day or a week whatever it takes. Sit down and look into your own soul and discover what truly matters to you, then do whatever it takes to achieve that.
Anything is possible!
