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Thursday, July 14, 2011
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Climbing up the Mountain
Why did I choose to climb the mountian?
I started out on an early morning walk. I so love to walk when I’m on vacation and get to see the wonderful sites around me. This early morning I walked up the hill so I could walk back down on the way back but then I saw a sign that said Bass Lake. I had been so yearning for a lake that I was willing to walk straight down hill when I really wanted and easy way back. About ½ a mile down I see a trail that said Bass Lake this way so off I went again. I kept walking and walking and knew that I had walked past my hotel if I were on top of the mountain so figured that if I kept walking I would be able to find a path that would take me back up there so I wouldn’t have to walk all the way back on the trail and up the steep hill I had come down. .
The lake was awesome and I thoroughly enjoyed walking by it. I thought it would be a little lake but found more and more of it. I finally finished the lake and knew I’d walked over a mile in so now I didn’t want to walk all of the way back to where I caught the trail and then directly back up the steep road another ½ mile. I thought it would be easier to just walk right up the mountain even though I didn’t see a trail. I learned many lessons walking up the mountain.
I first saw some bushes that weren’t too deep and so up I started. When I got to the end of the bushes I see that the hill is full of loose rock which isn’t very conducive to walking up since I kept sliding down. I knew there was a way up so I put my feet at the base of a tree and then looked for the next bush branch or tree to hang on to so that I could get another foothold. I tried some huge dead branches but most of them broke off. There were little branches that were green and growing which held my weight and help me crawl up to the next tree. I found it quite interesting that the little new green bushes/branches would hold my weight though the big dead ones just broke off. I found it was about searching for new nourished growing things young or old that would give me the strength to pull myself up to the next secure tree. Just like people that are growing can feed me the knowledge that I seek to climb to a higher place in my own growth.
I next discovered that there was always a way if I looked for it. There was one point where I thought this is too difficult and then I looked back down the mountain and saw that I’d come so much further than I had thought I had. I knew then that there was no way that I would or could make it back down the mountain and it was a lot easier to continue up than to go back down. Immediately things got easier and I could now easily see where my next young branch was and how I was going to make it up the mountain. I saw that as soon as my thinking changed and I could see that I was climbing up the mountain. It became so much easier. It didn’t mean that I didn’t slip but that wasn’t my focus any more my focus with how not if I could. It felt so much better to know that I could instead of thinking I couldn’t. I found my thinking interesting. When I didn’t think I could do it, I found it so much harder to do but when I knew that I could and would then it became easier and simpler. I so see how I thinketh so am I.
The next part became even easier when I actually saw the top and now I was on all fours getting to the top as quickly as possible. I was tired of this journey and knew that I could finish the hike very quickly and did. I didn’t care that there was a man in his yard on his cell phone and I’m sure didn’t understand why I was in his back yard. I went right on through and found my way back to my hotel. It was interesting how I learned so many lessons 2 hours.
May all of my walks be so productive though I’d rather the lessons be easier than this one was.
I started out on an early morning walk. I so love to walk when I’m on vacation and get to see the wonderful sites around me. This early morning I walked up the hill so I could walk back down on the way back but then I saw a sign that said Bass Lake. I had been so yearning for a lake that I was willing to walk straight down hill when I really wanted and easy way back. About ½ a mile down I see a trail that said Bass Lake this way so off I went again. I kept walking and walking and knew that I had walked past my hotel if I were on top of the mountain so figured that if I kept walking I would be able to find a path that would take me back up there so I wouldn’t have to walk all the way back on the trail and up the steep hill I had come down. .
The lake was awesome and I thoroughly enjoyed walking by it. I thought it would be a little lake but found more and more of it. I finally finished the lake and knew I’d walked over a mile in so now I didn’t want to walk all of the way back to where I caught the trail and then directly back up the steep road another ½ mile. I thought it would be easier to just walk right up the mountain even though I didn’t see a trail. I learned many lessons walking up the mountain.
I first saw some bushes that weren’t too deep and so up I started. When I got to the end of the bushes I see that the hill is full of loose rock which isn’t very conducive to walking up since I kept sliding down. I knew there was a way up so I put my feet at the base of a tree and then looked for the next bush branch or tree to hang on to so that I could get another foothold. I tried some huge dead branches but most of them broke off. There were little branches that were green and growing which held my weight and help me crawl up to the next tree. I found it quite interesting that the little new green bushes/branches would hold my weight though the big dead ones just broke off. I found it was about searching for new nourished growing things young or old that would give me the strength to pull myself up to the next secure tree. Just like people that are growing can feed me the knowledge that I seek to climb to a higher place in my own growth.
I next discovered that there was always a way if I looked for it. There was one point where I thought this is too difficult and then I looked back down the mountain and saw that I’d come so much further than I had thought I had. I knew then that there was no way that I would or could make it back down the mountain and it was a lot easier to continue up than to go back down. Immediately things got easier and I could now easily see where my next young branch was and how I was going to make it up the mountain. I saw that as soon as my thinking changed and I could see that I was climbing up the mountain. It became so much easier. It didn’t mean that I didn’t slip but that wasn’t my focus any more my focus with how not if I could. It felt so much better to know that I could instead of thinking I couldn’t. I found my thinking interesting. When I didn’t think I could do it, I found it so much harder to do but when I knew that I could and would then it became easier and simpler. I so see how I thinketh so am I.
The next part became even easier when I actually saw the top and now I was on all fours getting to the top as quickly as possible. I was tired of this journey and knew that I could finish the hike very quickly and did. I didn’t care that there was a man in his yard on his cell phone and I’m sure didn’t understand why I was in his back yard. I went right on through and found my way back to my hotel. It was interesting how I learned so many lessons 2 hours.
May all of my walks be so productive though I’d rather the lessons be easier than this one was.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Why Central City?
I was getting ready for vacation and I found myself booking my hotels on hotel.com. I was having issues and soon discovered that I booked 2 different nights in Central City Kentucky. Why? I couldn’t cancel them so instead of giving away the money I knew from inside myself that I had lessons to learn in Central City.
I spent the night before with my cousin in Fairmont, West Virginia and had a great drive down the mountains and into the little town of Central City. I passed where my bother lived and remembered the control I no longer accept and was so relieved of, being enlightened from. The freedom that I felt was grand. It felt like a whole new world opened up without me doing anything. I then passed through where my ex boyfriend used to live and another weight was let go of. It was so cool to see the wonderful lightness in my body. The grass was so green and the trees so vibrant, the sky so blue. I looked at them and saw so much more than I’d ever seen. It was so cool. Now I’m excited to know what Central City has to offer me.
My first night at Days Inn was full of completion numbers, the address of the hotel, my room number so I knew that I was completing of the old. I had a man at the Mexican place I ate want me to ask him to join me but I knew that would be falling into my old pattern of doing what others wanted instead of being who I really am.
I got up the next morning and knew that today was a new beginning and went to the Drake golf club and completed trying to be what men wanted me to be. I joined a group of 3 that play regularly and after 2 holes asked go on without me. I felt hurt for a moment and then knew I was trying to be what they wanted and that wasn’t really me. The man and his son behind me didn’t join me so I knew that they felt insecure and didn’t want me to be with them.
I knew that I was to play by myself. I played better than I’ve ever played, not a coincidence, I’m sure. My guidance always shows me the way and it’s for me to learn the lesson, in this case, it was for me to be who I really am and not fill others perceptions of me. I kept up with the guys now ahead and thoroughly enjoyed my game. I was so glad that I was able to go on and be me. I had a grand day and connected with the earth as I’ve never done before. The golf course had the effects of storms and needed healing too. I was able to do that only because I was able to be the real me not one that others perceived me to be.
When I got back to Central City, I found that I was now in mastery numbers, the hotel and my room. What a grand lesson learned and also the ability to help heal and nurture me and the earth. I went to a restaurant that was no longer and then found one of great catfish grown in Central City. It was great being part of a little city and know that I can be who I really am. Aren’t our lessons wonderful? Look for and learn yours today.
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