Tag: 2023

Oasis of quiet, physically

Continental Divide cliff
Getting closer. The enormity of our location is lost in this photo.

Every situation, properly perceived, is an opportunity.

dad

You cannot see or think optimally if you are not quiet and still.

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Physical couch potato

hikers in the mountains
We’ve reached the saddle between Piegan and Pollock (seen behind us).
Apple Watch in the mountains
View from the saddle. Took us two hours…all up hill.
apple compass screen shot
270′ away from the top.
6-second video: Steve makes it look easy. Once you do it, it is. But there’s a fear factor the first time. This step puts you at the base of The Great Cleft.
hikers in the mountains
The Great Cleft. So much fun. So challenging. i asked if i could go first, to simulate doing it solo (in the future).
hiker in the mountains
At the top of The Great Cleft. Still 200′ vertical away from summit.

Keep moving forward.

Walt Disney

Pursuing physical vibrancy is a good and decent life goal.

No one would ever shun it if it was easy.

And it’s because it’s not easy that those who reach it, sustain it, and improve it are invisibly shunned by others.

No one likes to be wrong.

When none of your family, friends, or coworkers have physical vibrancy, you have no obvious conflict with others and therefore no guilt.

No guilt?

What guilt?

The guilt in knowing you haven’t embraced physical vibrancy because it’s hard and requires serious sacrifice.

The guilt in knowing that your friend has figured out how to slay the demons everyone says are un-slayable.

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And so it goes, physically

10-second video: Heading to where it all began 50 years ago.

Life is a constant dance with opposites.

dad

It has been over 24 hours since yesterday’s one-week post op exam.

Spent the entire time (99%) inside.

No moving tree-watering hoses. No weed pulling. No nuthin’.

Doctor’s orders.

Note: It’s an uncomfortable way to spend 24 hours.

As they say about sacrifice, “i’m taking one for the team”.

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Blog anniversary (not) in GNP, body

i write about the interconnectedness of mind, body, spirit, work, and home.

dad

What seemed impossible from the beginning morphed into an unspeakable joy, combined with a life-changing, life-enhancing habit.

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Not Back to Glacier, body

Man pushing wheel barrel in tropical yard
Photo: Two months ago was spending 10-12 hours working in the yard. Daily. For half a year straight. Now, the Doctor requested i become a couch potato for two weeks. No bending. No looking up. No lifting anything over 10 pounds.

Sitting passively, resting, feels like prison.

dad

In jeff-land, sitting for prolonged periods is a dangerous activity.

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