A space to reflect on the university experience and the wider educational journey of life and love.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Mountain Glory

Thanksgiving this year was a bit different and wonderfully special.  I trekked up to Lake Louise, Alberta with my dear friend Emily to a lodge way off the grid, on the edge of a pale perwinkle lake, nestled in the Rocky Mountains in the evergreen forest. 

 There is beauty in the night silence that lingers on your tongue.  There is a crispness to the air at 2000 meters.  There is a joy in the bouncy earth while hiking with friends.  There is a wonder to feeling like someone knows your soul.  There is a kindness when you realize  you are not alone, even if you are.  There is a comfort in the wind that howls unobstructed.  There is a freedom in the rocks under your shoes.  There is a love that is divine when you are somewhere beautiful with beautiful people.

Please send me more experiences like this.  Please grant me the peace to find this beauty again in places not nearly as spectacular. 
 










Thank you:
- for family
- for friends
- for beautiful experiences
- for amazing places
- for an education
- for a lovely place to live
- for books
- for music
- for skies and trees and butterflies
- for teachers
- for yoga
- for dancing and singing
- for unconditional love


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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 12, 2011 at 12:23 AM

    Unconditional love. Those are the last two words and the most important ones. You're the kinda person who attracts good things kiddo just dont letem go when they come to you.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 14, 2011 at 12:23 AM

    why do you have to find beauty in a place miles away. take pctures of a half eaten sandwich, real everyday things because if you cant recognize the beauty around you then your not actually livin your just pretending you are when you go on vacation to places like the rockies.

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  3. EmmyOctober 14, 2011 at 9:35 AM

    I'll try and find a half eaten sandwich for you. Well I think that it is simply easier to see the beauty in places like this. it doesn't mean it doesn't exist elsewhere, just that it is so clearly visible here because civilization is absent. And I have to disagree with you on the living part - you don't just live when you are seeing beauty, you can live while you see ugliness too.

    I have a feeling I know who this is!!!

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