Glacier – Page 5 – Disney Creativity and Innovation Keynote Speaker

Home couch potato

three hikers in front of trailhead sign — Ten hours on the trail. Saw two people at the start and that was it. There wasn’t a single flat piece of trail. Kind of a dreamy day. And to finish it, we soaked our feet in Lunch Creek and two of us had a couple beers. Exquisite. The only thing missing is my all-time favorite person.

Simba, remember who you are.
Rafiki

Writing always makes me feel better.

Just for me: Dude, you’ve been writing (feeling better) for 5,000+ consecutive days. Seriously, never missing a single day. Makes the “every damn day” slogan real. Don’t it?!

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This website is about our HOME. This is the fifth of five daily, differently-themed blog posts about: (1) mind, (2) body, (3) spirit, (4) work, (5) home. To return to Mid Life Celebration, the site about MIND, click here.

Don’t let the sun go down

unique mountain ridge formation — In a few minutes the stunning light fades. We drove from the East over Logan Pass. Literally 300 meters from the Pass this view suddenly becomes available. Our timing to see a setting Sun find a small opening to set this section on fire is humbling.

Never count on random people to transform your life. However, sometimes it happens. Enjoy the karma you project.
dad

Meeting Steve and Stacy Wahlberg on the backside of Reynolds Mountain at 8,600′ is absolute randomness.

World-class randomness for sure.

We saw something in each other, without trying.

The Universe aligned us that cold, windy, yet brilliantly sunny morning.

We were the only three people on the mountain.

i was hiding from the harsh wind behind the lone boulder in the expansive scree field.

They were heading up for their 12th Reynolds summit, in honor of Stacy’s father, a true mountain man.

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And so it goes, at home

motel room — Reunited and it feels so good.

Happy present moment.
dad

You know what never gets old?

Living in the present moment.

A few minutes ago, it dawned on me that the paperwork of life can frequently feel overwhelming because there’s so much to do.

You create a life, get married, start a career, buy a house, buy a bunch of stuff to make your house a home, perhaps raise some children, and as you approach and arrive at midlife, you start to question everything.

Back to that thought i had a few minutes ago, we habitually race through all the administrative and decision-making tasks. And i thought what if we could streamline life so that every task that we had to do and decision we had to make we could be fully present for it and enjoy it and appreciate it in a way that racing never reveals?

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Blog anniversary (not) in GNP, home

i have no idea how an impossible 2009 April Fools Day, 100-day self-imposed writer’s bootcamp challenge morphed into the start of a 16th consecutive year in 2024.
dad

It’s not impossible that i write five daily, differently-themed blog posts until the day i die.

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Not Back to Glacier, home

Looking up at a bird on a wire — The blessing of sight. The blessing of a flexible neck. The blessing of curiosity. The blessing of presence. The blessing of appreciation. The blessing of symbiosis. The blessings of gratitude and surrender. Photo: Spring 2023, looking up at a Cardinal during a morning walk. Cardinals are generally skittish. To be directly beneath one is rare. i enjoyed it so much, the photo was taken as proof of that present moment.

If i started writing a list of all the things i’m grateful for, it would never be finished.
dad

Hearing the Cardinal’s ‘singing’ got my attention. Expecting the Cardinal to fly away, imagine the surprise standing underneath it while it continued it’s chirping.

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