As much as one may despair in the half-backslide of each step...one does so much better to focus on the progress...
And better still to raise the head and look around...there's so much beauty on the horizon beyond...
Then just before and behind, there lies inspiration in the accomplishments of fellow travelers and strugglers, survivers and summiteers.
July 13, 2009
I see many people along the way...
Some are tired, but keep going...and I relate with them...
Many are smiling and laughing...children running, jumping, rolling down the mountain...and I am joyful with them...
I meet Max, a boyscout ranger...friendly and intelligent...a student at Berkley...majoring in international business...wants to build bridges with China....
And I see great hope for the future...
Into the Land of Dreamers
Two steps forward and one step back...as with all my hikes, trekking up these dunes is a reflection of life...namely its more challenging times...times difficult and tiring...times discouraging and seemingly barren...
Follow in the steps of another...or forge your own way...
Walk an easy ridge...or slide the slippery slope...
Many paths lead to the same summit...
I see so much out here...many great things my words and pictures cannot capture...but it is mine to try...
Why?
Because here I feel Love and beauty beyond human...life wonderful...existence magical...mystery intelligent...Divinity unknowable and unspeakable...but it is mine to try...
Why?
Because out here...all I see,
THAT is me...and THAT is we...
THAT is everything we've been...everything we are...
