Today Erin and I joined a local hiking group for a hike to an area that had beautiful views and a gorgeous stone arch. There were about a dozen of us, and we were the youngest people there. Interestingly enough there were three other people from California who had all moved to Cody within the last five or so years. They were a fun, interesting group and a hike was just the right amount of challenge with a steady uphill climb and one pretty steep patch then a nice gradual dawdle down. We saw a bald eagle and stopped at a beautiful stone arch with views into a lovely valley with a large red bluff. Apparently the land owner doesn’t allow anyone to cross his land so if want to hike the bluff it’s a long hike around to the end of the valley. The landscape is so different from at home, I love the starkness of the rock and bare branches. The sky is still smoky from the fires in Canada, but seems to be waning.
We got back and had time for showers and lunch then Rebekah picked us up and we headed to the local garden center to pick out plants for the planters. The gorgeous shots of color all around the garden center were such a contrast to the tan, brown, green, black scenery all around us. It was very joyful! Our mission was to find plants that were deer resistant and could handle full sun in a variety of colors and sizes. our mission accomplished, we spent the rest of the afternoon planting the flowers and weeding around the main courtyard.
I took a short nap when I got back since I had a pretty physical day and it was relatively warm. The neighborhood bunny came out, and the horses next door were up against our fence. Later I went up to the labyrinth and did a meditative walk as the sun was going down. I am so lucky to be here!
Thoughts about life that I’ve gleaned from books, podcasts or talking to others:
Live more in Kairos and less in Kronos. Leaving lots of space.
Saying yes and leaving room for opportunity and connection.
Build your career on whimsy and serendipity
Can I be this person, this unfolded person?
How do I want to be? Who do I want to be? What do I want to leave behind? Japanese pottery – putting together broken pieces pieces using gold glue. You can see where it’s been mended but it makes it more beautiful and stronger and what is not needed is gone. Mending and connecting myself back together. Illuminating what is there and also what has been let go of.
‘I am deserving of glorious opportunities’
Say it with your hands out and open to receive them
Do what has never been done before, people who need you will find you and be grateful.
I don’t want to waste anything – time, resources, happiness. I want to drink it all in appreciate it, all of it. Go down to the micro level and see how little I need to actually be happy, and how easy it is to satisfy that need.