Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Ski Meditation

I will be the first person to admit that I can sometimes have an attitude problem. I do recognize it and try real hard to deal with it when it plagues me. This happened last Sunday while at church. I really didn't feel like being there, and so I left early. I went home, packed up my cross country skis and away I went. I skied for over 2 hours. It was amazing! I went west across a farmers field, and then north making my way through a bunch of trees. The sky was overcast and light snow was falling, but I was sweating hard, and enjoying every minute. In the trees, I felt like I was back home in BC. The atmosphere was very quiet and peaceful. As I skied I focused my mind on the rhythm of my skis moving across the snow. There wasn't much else for noise, except the odd bird announcing my arrival.

The further I went, the more and more I could feel my attitude fade, and by the time I was finished skiing, it was gone completely. I had an interesting experience while crossing the middle of the farmers field. I stopped, and felt a sudden need to fall to my knees. I did, and then I held my arms out to the sides, ski poles in hand, and with my eyes closed, I turned my face up to the sky. And right there in the middle of the farmers field with no one around but the birds. . . I wept.

2 comments:

  1. you were truly with god, when you open up to all creation and honer it with pure feelings you are closer to heaven than any building could possibly make you feel.

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  2. Maybe the "attitude" was actually an Angel getting you to go where you would truly get the message that was waiting for you. Personally, I'll take the nature over a building any day.

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