Look to the Mountains

Over the past weeks I have found myself in the same spot each morning: sitting on my deck looking up at the mountains to my east.

Each morning I sit, pondering and preparing for the day ahead. My eyes always find themselves resting upon the mountains that I have climbed so many times. Somehow, by spending time each day looking up at them, it is almost as though I am sitting on the mountain side if not for just a moment every morning.

I have found this to be among the most meaningful of moments each day. Some days I spend just four minutes sitting and observing, other days I spend closer to fifteen. However long it takes to remember

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what the world looks like from where my eyes are resting on the mountain.

This time enables me to keep a "bird's eye" perspective through the day. We so often become so absorbed in the details of the day that we fail to remember what life looks like overhead. We fail to remember how small we truly are. No matter how big a building or a task or a problem stands before us, it is never as big as the mountain I look up at each morning.

This gives me a perspective worth keeping. Indeed, it gives me a life worth living. Some call it meditation, others call it observation. My thought is simply that life is better when we look to the mountains. I invite to take some time and look to the "mountains" in your backyard.