Mural outside the Route 66 Hostel, Albuquerque.

From a conversation with Scott:

"I think that within our lifetimes, we are going to see the beginnings of a major shift in consciousness. Right now, we're at the very, very tip of it. I think our roles may well be the initial experimenters. Our success will simply be in our courage to try. That's just my take on it, what my intuitions been telling me since I can remember...."

We have learned from experience that the x-path does not ultimately bring success or happiness.  But we know little to nothing about the
y-path. So do we choose the security of x?  Or the unlimited potential of y? 

Stepping Outside

“The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.”

—M. Scott Peck

To my dear friends who have encountered particularly difficult circumstances recently, remember that.  The beauty of the world is everywhere, but it rarely appears more lucidly than during life's most challenging moments.

Midnight Adventuring

This weekend was filled with full-moon adventuring, flying, and sleeping outside perched atop a snowy hill.  E- & I did a midnight summit of Bear Peak, climbing straight up the incredibly icy ridge, guided only by the moonlight, with just one Yak Trak each to arrest any inadvertent falls.

We were so amazed when we arrived at the summit to see thousands of twinkling lights below us.  The city is so beautiful when admired from a distance, especially on a clear night.  It was almost as if the dark Earth had been sprinkled with faery dust.  Magic.

We were very, very cold, but happy. 

There was a thin shroud of mist blanketing the sky, creating a brilliant halo around the moon the entire time we were hiking.  The forest was silent except for the occasional cougar cry, which kept us on our toes.  It was a beautiful experience.