http://theartoftheclimb.com How to Thrive, Not Just Survive, Through Adversity Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:44:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_628" align="aligncenter" width="440" caption="Rubble In Your Path"][/caption] Having mountain biked for over a decade I’ve had much opportunity to tackle difficult terrain.  Though I have always had the choice to get off my bike and walk around hard lines I, in most situations, choose to be tested by going over ... http://theartoftheclimb.com/2010/03/08/629/ [caption id="attachment_608" align="aligncenter" width="440" caption="Making it to Higher Ground – A Planned Path"][/caption] Just over five years ago the world watched in horror as a tsunami struck Thailand and surrounding countries with devastating force killing nearly a quarter of a million people. So many were unaware of the signs that could ... http://theartoftheclimb.com/2010/03/03/making-it-to-higher-ground-%e2%80%93-a-planned-path/  As I stood just a few steps to the right and peered through my viewfinder I saw a similar scene that this photographer was shooting.  Yet, by taking a few more steps back and shifting my scope slightly a new and wonderful scene was then exposed that told a greater ... http://theartoftheclimb.com/2010/03/01/changing-perspective-making-it-work/ [caption id="attachment_582" align="aligncenter" width="440" caption="Is Beauty Set in Stone?"][/caption] “How to be free enough to be me” is really a complex thought if you think about it.  Do we let inhabitations bind us in fear of judgment, or are we well with ourselves enough to dance while others are looking no ... http://theartoftheclimb.com/2010/02/24/is-beauty-set-in-stone/ [caption id="attachment_574" align="aligncenter" width="440" caption="Being Chased By The Storm – I Saw My “Patch of Blue”"][/caption] I left my meeting early with hopes of beating the storm.  At this same time of day, just twenty-four-hours ago, the sunset sky danced with brilliant baby blues and pink rimmed clouds that looked as ... http://theartoftheclimb.com/2010/02/22/being-chased-by-the-storm-%e2%80%93-i-saw-my-%e2%80%9cpatch-of-blue%e2%80%9d/ [caption id="attachment_555" align="aligncenter" width="440" caption="Finding Joy . . . Once Again!"][/caption]  If you could go back to the carefree life of a child would you?  Most likely not, but how many of us remember what it was like to not be encumbered by life’s problem allowing ourselves to have JOY, simple ... http://theartoftheclimb.com/2010/02/17/finding-joy-once-again/ [caption id="attachment_541" align="aligncenter" width="440" caption="Tokens Of Appreciation"][/caption] Seventy-four Swarovski crystals, eleven silver beads, one meter of clear monofilament and a small strand of satin ribbon carefully joined together creates a pendant that to me, represents sacrifice.  The sacrifice I am referring to isn’t in making these precious pendants but rather in ... http://theartoftheclimb.com/2010/02/15/tokens-of-appreciation/ [caption id="attachment_532" align="aligncenter" width="440" caption="Pleasure & Pain"][/caption] When looking at a photo such as this, many different responses will arise depending on many factors.  If you have a deadly sweet tooth, such as I, then you won’t necessarily look at this with disgust.  I immediately focus on the fudge and my ... http://theartoftheclimb.com/2010/02/10/530/   [caption id="attachment_506" align="aligncenter" width="440" caption="Simple Treasures"][/caption] The other day I stepped into my teenage son's room and found a simple life lesson up on his windowsill. There, so carefully arranged, were a dozen or so rocks of varying size, shape, color and texture. Each one had its own reason for being ... http://theartoftheclimb.com/2010/02/08/simple-treasures/ http://theartoftheclimb.com/2010/02/05/moving-forward/