On Spirituality

Where we are today need not be where we are tomorrow.

Some say that heaven doesn’t exist.

Those who have walked the long road to get there know differently.

It looks something like this.

You don’t see a lot of people, do you? 

When you travel roads that others say are too difficult, that weren’t meant for us, or are against our natural inclinations, then you get to see sights that others don’t get to see; experience feelings that others don’t get to feel; live a life that is otherwise beyond the ken of the masses.

You don’t have to take the easy roads. You don’t have to take the smooth path. You don’t have to follow the crowd down into the valley.

If you want to see views like this one, avoid the clamor. They don’t think you can do it, because they don’t think they can do it.

Maybe it isn’t for everyone. Maybe, for some, it is too hard.

But what about you? God can reach down from heaven and pull you up to heights that others said were not possible, were not meant for us, were unreasonable to ask of you. 

Even, that you thought were too much to ask of yourself.

Maybe it isn’t for everyone. But what about you? Maybe it is for you.

Some believe that their physical circumstances define them. Others determine to be whomever their spirit chooses to be. Choose then, to be a spiritual subject, or to be your own spiritual master.

You have one life. Choose it to be the very best.

It won’t be easy, but it will be worth it.

It isn’t ‘natural;’ it’s better.

Where we are today, need not be where we are tomorrow.

This is the Galatea Lakes trail.

Attempt 1: I got a late start and climbed only to the ridge just before the lake, and had to turn around because I was running out of day. So, didn’t make it to the lake.

Attempt 2: The next week I started 2 hours earlier and lightened my pack by 3 kg. All good, except it had snowed the night before. Again, I didn’t make it to the lake.

The conditions in the high country are now beyond my ability for the rest of the winter. I’ll have to wait for the snow to melt.

Life’s like that, too. You do everything right, but it still doesn’t work out. Then is the time to reach deep for the spiritual strength that allows you to wait patiently, and try again when conditions improve. And they will.