Sunday, October 25, 2009

A Little Perspective....

The kids and I took an outing today to the local ski spot and rode the chair lift to the top of the mountain to investigate what brave foliage made it through Saturday's wind and rain. The woman who sold us our tickets said that it would take 15 minutes to get to the top of the mountain, and without this perspective I would have had no sense of time.

Lately I have been actively practicing living more presently; trying to experience the moments that I am in, rather than planning or worrying about those that await. This is more challenging for me than I think it should be, but today was like a karmic gift for my work.

When the chair lift scooped us up off the ground, time stopped mattering. Greta said it felt like a gentle giant's hand carrying us, whereas I thought it was more like we had hopped on the back of a bird and were experiencing it's flight. The views were breathtaking, the company was perfect, the moment was present.

We stopped at the top of the mountain and poked around in soggy moss for a while before hopping back on and seeing what had been behind us the whole way up. It was really awesome! It was just the perspective I needed.










3 comments:

  1. you are capturing some great photos. Loved the picture of Simon leaning into Greta, showing his pure love for his sister. Loved the picture of the shadows of the chair lift. what a great way to spend such lovely fall day!

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  2. Hello my dear friend:)

    I spent my morning with my coffee reading your blog, with tears because I miss you and your family so much! Can we please have a play date soon?

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