The View From Here

The View From Here



So, what is the View From Here all about? The idea is born out of the concept of our lives being a journey. And sometimes all we can see is the little bit of the road in front of us. Our destination seems so far away, and the terrain is steep, rocky, and we start to feel like we’re not moving up the mountain, because we have to traverse it to cope with the grade. It’s difficult, and frustrating, and we start feeling like we’re just not getting anywhere. From time to time we need to stop, lift our feet from the path and look back to see how far we have come, look out and enjoy the scenery, take a moment to remember why we’re on this journey.

We all tend to get a little fixated on our personal milestones-turning 16, 18, 21 (or our children reaching those markers), getting a driver’s license, falling in love, falling out of love, getting married, getting divorced, having children-we all have several. We can get stuck looking back at how good it was when……(because wasn’t it easier before?) or we can get too focused on what’s coming around the next corner –either way we loose sight of the moment we’re living in right now. And this moment is really all we have.

I don’t think the road I’ve travelled is all that unique, I’m not even sure I have anything profound to say, and yet so often when I get stuck someone has made me turn around and see how far I’ve come. I want to do that for you. Share what I’ve been learning as I put one foot in front of the other, daily striving toward that ever elusive summit. Let’s take a breath & enjoy the view from here.