Unwritten

The other day I was watching Back to the Future.. actually I watched all three of the them (for the first time). Doc stated something very true 'It means your future is unwritten so make it a good one!". Truly, I believe that statement fully. So many aspects of life are given to choice, no direct way in which to do anything. There is an intense freedom in our lives.

Today I hiked Squaw Peak with my friend, Rob Glover. This was our second hike to do (first being the backside of Timp) and it's become very natural and easy to hike with him. We hike hard with a few breaks in order to not push too hard, stop for snacks along the way, have enjoyable conversation... at the beginning and after we've made it to the top, overall it's a great recreational activity to enjoy God's magnificent hand. While hiking, we came to a clearing. With the snow that we keep having, added mud from the warm weather, and a mixture of tracking-expertise-lack on my part... we lost the trail... numerous times in that clearing. However, in talking to Rob, we realized that it's similar to life - the trail follows no RuLeS simply gUiDeLiNeS. In life we aren't given rules - but guidelines. We figured that since we were going in the general correct direction, following occassional random footsteps, perhaps the way which we were going would lead us as a short cut (but we were willing to accept the 'long cut' possibility as well). Similar to life, you might not follow the cookie cutter mold (the trail) but as long as you are headed in the correct direction, you always run the possibility of coming out a little further than if the path had been followed with exactness as a number of people had. All in all the hike was wonderful with the occassional fruit snack break, granola bar break, water breaks, sandwich break at the top, conversational breaks, and oh! the labrador we met on our way down. The best part of the whole hike is that we accept each other's short comings in energy or lack of ability for finding real trails ( :) ), enjoy talking with one another, are able to help each other along the way, we are simply friends, and I felt completely safe the entire time due to his first aid kit, preparedness, and genuine concern of my well being (when I fell iN the snow rather than walking on tOp). The best part is we were able to be natural and LaUgH whenever we felt like it (which should be a part of everyone's daily ritual)

Oh... we did happen to get on the conversation of almost feeling like we were being watched... which would mean being stalked by some animal... in a wooded area that felt and looked much like a scene from The Village... I agree with Rob when stating a very good reason not to enjoy watching scary movies - my imagination is good enough without any help!