dont rush.

 

When I think about having another 40 to 60 years more of life. It blows my mind.

Freaking out about the fact that I am 23 and only in my first semester of university(college) was something I guess kinda concerned me. In a conversation with my dad today,  I was just so taken, that although life is short.. its not short enough to even imagine the accomplishments I may have when my life ends.

I love the photo above it was taken a stormy evening in Alaska. (this photo has caused me to accumulate a lot of photos of intersections, weird I know). But love using that whole journey and direction ideal invoked by intersection, what way to go, where does it lead… if you don’t hit intersection, you aren’t traveling anywhere. I am so excited to continue to hit these moments. It’s a success even at the end when we don’t hit anywhere in particular.. lifes to be explored.. we’ll pass through and experience mant towns, build monuments and create new paths for other travelers to follow. Keep going…

“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.”

Henry David Thoreau

We have the time.

something constant

we all want something that will last. that's why "a diamond is forever" and Ford is "like a rock" and a Nalgene has a lifetime guarantee

most of us spend a lot of time trying to find or create something permanent. something that just won't change, won't leave. maybe a relationship, or a job, or a look, or a feeling, or a lifestyle, or even an ever-possible "way out". if all the world crumbles, at the end of the day we want to say, "at least i've still got _______". 

because something inside of us instinctively yearns for a constant, a plumb line.

but a diamond is only forever if you always wear the ring. and ford is like a rock until you crash into a tree. and it's a good thing there was a guarantee because that nalgene is in a dozen pieces on the asphalt.

sometimes all the things we hoped would never change...change. like on the way from point A to point B, point B disappears altogether, and the path you followed blends in with everything around it. and you're left with just you. standing there. uncertain of where to go now, and how to get there.

i need something i can count on more than a diamond and more than a ford and more than a nalgene. i need something under my feet that i know will always hold me, and a covenant that does more than slip on to my finger. 

i need something more solid than the earth itself. 

i need something etched in my skin and burned on my heart. 

i need something that won't leave me even if i run from it.

and i found it.