climber: March 2006

Life

"My life...is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next."
-Gilda Radner

Tempest 08.19.05

The evening was still hot and the climb to the top was steady, suddenly the wind whipped and the desert gave itself up. The sky had turned angry, with dark and threatening skies, while the sun had the sky glowing as it set in the west. At the top of the mountain the wind was so strong you had to sit or be spirited over the edge by a sudden gust of air.

Making my way down the mountain the wind talked at my back and the grass dry from the unforgiving sun whispered at my feet. In the east the moon hung there like a large saffron colored crayon, with threads of dark sky caressing it. While my headlamp lit the shadows making the way for my steps, the spirits spoke in whispered tones and whipped my hair around like an angry tempest.

Aqualung

I never understood before
I never knew what love was for
my heart was broke my head was sore
what a feeling

tied up in ancient history
I didn't believe in destiny
I look up you're standing next to me
what a feeling

what a feeling in my soul
love burns brighter than sunshine
it's brighter than sunshine
let the rain fall I dont care
im yours and certainly you're mine
suddenly you're mine
and it's brighter then sunshine

I never saw it happenin
I'd given up and given in
I just couldn't take the hurt again
what a feeling

I didn't have the strength to fight
but suddenly it seemed so right
me and you
what a feeling

what a feeling in my soul
love burns brighter than sunshine
it's brighter than sunshine
let the rain fall I dont care
im yours and suddenly you're mine
suddenly you're mine
and it's brighter then the sun
it's brighter the sun
it's brighter than the sun, sunshine

love will remain a mystery
but give me your hand and you will see
ur heart is keeping time with me

oooh what a feeling in my soul
love burns brighter than sunshine
it's brighter than sunshine
let the rain fall I don't care
im your and suddenly you're mine
suddenly you're mine

i've got a feeling in my soul
love burns brighter than sunshine
it's brighter than sunshine

let the rain fall I dont care
im yours and suddenly you'r mine
suddenly you'r mine
and it's brighter than sunshine

03.12.06

It's rarely the stuff
you think will be
hard that gets you.
It's the stuff that's
supposed to be easy.

03.12.06

Envision
the best
possible
rest of
you life.

Sonoran Desert 10.30.05

Believe

We do not believe in ourselves
until someone reveals that deep
inside us is something valuable,
worth listening to, worthy of our
touch, sacred to our touch.
Once we believe in ourselves
we can risk curiosity, wonder,
spontaneous, delight, or any
experience that reveals the human spirit.

-E.E. Cummings

three keys

each of you was born with three keys to the doors of your journey.
the first is for your dreams,
that let you make the impossible, possible.
the second is for your faith,
that tells you to believe in youth.
and above all, the third is for love,
the instinct to respect each other.
dreams, faith and love.
with the three anything is possible.
it is your journey but it is our destination.