The holiday season, a time to celebrate the birth of Jesus, to travel and visit family & friends and a time to get some sweet gifts. I love gifts, especially meaningful-thought out gifts.
Chipotle shirt embroidered with my name
Just like Joseph and Mary traveled to Bethlehem back in the day, I traveled to Colorado to share Christmas day with my family.
I grew up in Colorado. Yup, a Colorado native. Love the snow, the mountains and of course Chipotle.
Colorado Pic from on top of Green Mountain
So far, during my recent stay, I've got a couple runs in. I've been able to run two running paths I ran long ago when I was in high school. I graduated 10 years ago.
Running on top of Green Mountain
The running paths are mostly the same, little differences here and there: new housing structures, erosion of the dirt paths, new businesses, new roads, etc.
Revisiting these old running paths has results in a heightened sense of contemplation.
10 years have passed since I have graduated high school.
How have I changed? What is the same? Am I becoming who I know I can become? Am I on the right path?
I think it is good to reflect on the past, to help you prepare for the future, and to live better today.
10 years goes by fast.
What are your next ten years gonna look like? What is your tomorrow gonna look like?
Don't let time slip by, you don't get it back, time to make your days count.
::: My challenge to you :::
Take some time and remember where you came from, and some more time to tentatively plan where you wanna go. Don't forget about the meaningful things.
Running pics from my run up Green Mountain
beautiful
yup it was indeed muddy
i slipped on the path
this was the result... a bloody muddy leg
Here is a video of one of the paths I used to run when I was in high school
If you had to pack all of your belongings on a cart, what would you pack?
This has been one of the toughest things for me to do. So many things I want to take with me, like my Sega Genesis and TV, my records, my desk and my bed.
As I have had to simplify my possessions, it has required me to think and really ask the question What do I need?
This is something we all must wrestle with, especially with the holiday season upon us. What do we need to be happy?
As I have wrestled with this, amidst the simplifying of my physical possessions, I have come to the conclusion the things in life that are most important, are not things... but rather time with family, friends and faith.
May you be inspired to simplify your life, or realize that the things you have aren't what life is all about.
In the grand scheme of life, maybe the things we possess or try to obtain, are in fact what distracts us from the relationships that are of utmost importance.
The hardest thing in the world is to simplify your life. It's so easy to make it complex.
