I’m flying over Denali national park on my way back to Nome, and the mountains very sharp white fluorescent peaks make their way through equally white fluffy clouds. The contrast of the textures gives a dream like quality where two worlds collide on earth as it is in heaven. I’ve begun to look at colors in ways that I’ve never noticed before since staring from my Nome window facing 500 miles of tundra, and the more I look with a sage perspective the more colors I see. In my month back in New York I painted the living room to welcome the arrival of a new couch. The couch is a medium shade of gray that I’ve only seen in pictures but decided to paint the walls two different shades of gray to make it feel at home. There were 100’s of shades of grays ranging from green to purple undertones and everything in between at the paint store. Depending on the light I’m always questioning Whether I really understood the colors that I picked out and placed on my wall. Each time I glanced at the wall it felt as if I was greeting a friend and discovering something new about them and chuckled at the new color I perceived each time. As I look for all of the subtle beauty and variation I have less judgmental thoughts of those I come in contact with and the circumstances we find myself in. I am more curious which leaves me open to see the many shades and possibilities of being for the future. It was interesting making a decision about what color To put on the wall. Sometimes those decisions feel like life or death and paralyze us from moving forward. I think that my superpower lately is making decisions, living with them and then pivoting if they need to be changed. I encourage all of us to get better at making decisions, without judgement, and remembering that each decision will give us either the results we want or the lessons we need. It’s only through decision making and goal setting that we can see what obstacles that need to be overcome in order to move our lives in the directions we chose. Our job on this planet is to evolve and now that we don't need to evolve in order to survive it has left us fearful and apathetic about anything uncomfortable. Presently our decisions will not result in losing our lives as they might have 10,000 years ago and we only have to bare a certain amount of discomfort for the feelings that we create. The short term discomfort of moving through obstacles and possibly failing is nothing compared to the long-term discomfort of not realizing your hopes, dreams and purpose. I want everyone to have an epic fail this week and report back what your feelings were and if you learned anything. I am not talking about the failures that come from inaction. Only the ones that you recieved
through discomfort and the pursuit of something awesome no matter how big or small. Love you all and have a great week. As I Go You Go!!!