Climbing Blind

The world wants us to be afraid. The uplifting, joyful news has to be searched for. Fearful news is thrown at us from all sides.

My natural inclination is to embrace the world and all the folks in it. But even I can feel myself retracting in self-defense as so much bad news comes pouring in.

Then, at rock climbing, our crew did these things:

It’s difficult to tell, but Buster and Yessa are blind-folded in these pictures.

They are literally climbing into the unknown.

And then, this:

With the rappelling, you have to trust yourself…and the equipment…enough to step off the edge. Monkey made it look so incredibly easy.

Once again, these people I share my life with are inviting me into a better, richer, stronger life.

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

-Mary Oliver