September 17, 2010
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The bigger picture
Have you ever stood atop a mountain and looked down at the little cars and people minding their own business below? Have you ever climbed four miles to the summit and felt the cool breeze and nervously hoped you wouldn't get blown away?
I hadn't been able to do that until this summer. We were two people trying to figure out life and moving along with it. Perhaps getting to the top of those three mountains was the best thing I could have done for myself. It's quiet up there. Aside from other hikers trying to accomplish the same goal, the only thing that I could hear was the whooshing sound of the wind and the whipping of my hair around my face, sometimes a faint waterfall in the distance.
How many times a day do I take deep inhales and exhales and thank the universe that I was given this body and this mind? Not many. When I was looking down at the miniature buildings and people, I felt like I had put things in a new perspective, not just literally. The world is so big and I am just one tiny person. Why did it feel like there's a bigger plan for me than just existing?
Barely six months ago my life was consumed by work, friends, school, partying... things that every young adult experiences. Today, I'm days away from officially being twenty-three and all I can think is that over the course of one year, I've figured out life a little bit more and am actually looking forward to another journey of 365 days around the sun... more lessons to learn and more mountains to climb.
Comments (5)
Congratulations on turning 23 and I hope in the next 23 years you will climb higher and see farther.
Life nowadays is all about instant gratification and getting what you want right away. So, it's not surprising how much we can accomplish once we just stop and breathe. I need to do more of that.
beautiful pictures and a very beautifully written post.
that means that you're "growing" when you realize there's mroe to life than friends and partying, etc.
how i wish some people would come to that realization. i kow of some who are a couple years older than 23 and yet they still seem to not know what to do with life. they're in university/college or working some mindless job and not knowing where to go from there.
pretty cool pics. what mountains are they? i love climbing mountains, the experience on the higher mountains are even more breath taking
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