As readers of this
blog might remember, where I live in the southwest has been in severe drought
conditions for about a year now. We didn’t
have any snow at all last winter. That
is why it has been so nice that with a shift in the weather patterns, at least
for now, we have had several snow falls in the past 6 weeks or so.
One of my favorite
winter activities is to go snowshoeing. The
area where I go to do this is in the national forest about 10 miles north of where
I live. Recently, the local bike club
got permission to groom some of the trails for snow bike use. To do this, they drag a very heavy square
block behind a snowmobile to flatten out the trail. That also makes it perfect for snowshoeing
and cross country skiing. Last week, I
was able to snowshoe for the first time this season, and it was delightful. The
groomed trails made for very easy going.
Then we had about 8 inches
of snow in that area over the weekend. More
good stuff! So yesterday, I went up
there again, and proceeded along my regular route. No problem at the start, as the day before, someone
had regroomed what turned out to be only the beginning part of the trail. When I came to a fork in the trail, the groomed
part went to the left, and only a track made by a cross country skier proceeded
to the right, which is the way I always go.
I thought, no problem, as I had often walked in those kinds of tracks
before. It is a little harder because
they are so narrow, but not impossible.
About 2/3 the way
around this big loop trail, the cross country tracks veered off to the right,
going in a direction that I was not familiar with. Time to make a choice. Do I continue on forward breaking a trail
on the snowed over previously groomed trail, or do I follow the way that the
skier had gone, not knowing where it would lead? I chose to continue in the direction I was
familiar with.
As you might expect,
things started to go downhill from there.
I was literally breaking a new trail in snow that was heavy and wet
because the temperature had warmed up.
The snow had packed around my boots and snowshoes, and it was becoming a
struggle just to lift up my feet. Images
of disaster started to run through my mind.
What if I stepped off the trail and fell into a snow hole? Who would find me, and would I resemble a frozen
Popsicle when they did? Fortunately, I
was confident that I was staying on the path that I was familiar with, so the
only thing to do was to persevere and move forward.
Luckily, towards the
end of the loop, someone had ridden the trail on a snowmobile, so it was packed
down and easy to snowshoe on once again until I got back to the parking
lot. Whew!
As I was nearing the
end of my trek, I started looking at the situation as an analogy for the energetic
description of the year 2019 that I spoke about during my workshop last
Saturday entitled “Setting your Energetic Template for 2019”. 2019 will probably start out in a predictable
and fairly smooth manner, just like the start of my trek. Then a choice will be presented. Do I go left on the easy but longer route, or
right on the more difficult and predictable route. Neither one is right or wrong, either. And then, will my path disappear all together
forcing me to expend much energy while forging a new route? At the
last minute, will an easier way be presented to save the day? Rescued at last!
The theme for 2019
is that we all will have to put in a lot of hard work with whatever we are
doing. In other words, we need to stick to it and persevere. I described it as
kind of a grind, and not necessarily any fun.
We will be building up our energetic muscles to prepare for 2020 and
whatever that will bring.
Remember that even
if hard work is required, we can have fun at the same time. We can also glide through our difficulties
and have gratitude and appreciation for whatever life presents to us. If you are interested in listening to last
Saturday’s workshop, I will be posting when that is available for purchase from
Rise Multiversity.
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