Thoughts from the mountain

March 22, 2010 at 3:08 am | Posted in Living Life | Leave a comment

[posted from Tim’s blog at http://www.touchingzero.com]

It’s a beautiful, beautiful mountain here, tree covered with beautiful runs through the pines…. the snow is crisp and white, icy until the sun warms it and it softens to create a perfect run… it seems that the runs go on for miles, leading to lifts hidden in unexpected places, in secret corners, ready to whisk us away back to the top.

Today has been windy, tearing the snow off the slopes until it blows across the mountain, covering the ground with a white mist, making it difficult to see our feet, and sometimes blowing shards of icy snow into our faces. In some places the snow has gathered into soft piles, allowing the board’s edge to cut a path down the slope. In other places, the snow has been stripped from the mountain, revealing unyielding, unforgiving ice..

The cold somehow clears the mind, creating a new clarity of thought and opening new avenues, uncovering thoughts that had lain dormant…. the wind blows through the soul, yet does not chill it, yet removing layers of old feelings, unlocking dreams and hopes, creating a new open space for future plans and dreams…. and the edge unlocks the spirit, unfurling it and allowing it to fly to new summits, new opportunities, new places….

There is a newness and a freshness here, where the cold opens up rather than causing me to retreat and seek warmth, where the exposure to the air invigorates and enlivens, and it seems that new dreams are carried on every gust, swirling and enticing me to new places to explore.. and clearing and cleaning my heart, waking it up and allowing it to feel in new ways.