Adventures in Discovering Hope in Despair
When you get your muscles moving, your blood pumping, and your lungs expanding - a rush of all the happiness hormones crash through you no matter what the outlet, but only if you enjoy it. My outlet is hiking. And I enjoy it bc of the person I become when I am on the trail. Read more to find out who that person is. It might surprise you.
From: Dec. 2022 Me To: Dec. 2021 Me "You invested in yourself and now a year later - are finally reaping the rewards. But you wouldn't have gotten here had you quit. And you certainly wouldn't have marked some items off your living list if you decided the path you were forging was too hard."
And when you learn how something works instead of just thinking you know how something works - it can either dim your flame or make you crave it more. The latter happened in my case. I have missed writing. I have missed writing for the art of writing. I have missed writing for the sake of talking it out with my inner voice, of letting go.
To my archnemsis Fear, I have let you control me since the day I was born. And for the past 33 years (34 in 13 days) - I welcomed you with open arms. I let you control my life. I let you yell at me and make me feel worthless. I believed wholeheartedly….that you -... Continue Reading →
People write bucket lists for items they want to accomplish before they die. But I want a living list. A list of items that I want to experience while I am alive, without the end being death.So what is on my living list? There is a road that goes from Newport, OR to Maine, in... Continue Reading →
Finding Anchors in the Storm 