mount audubon. my first 14er.

on some future day in this life, i will take my final breath. with faith and courage in my heart, my soul will shed these bones and this body. 
just like you, and everyone we love, i will someday die.

i dont send energy to these thoughts to be morbid or detatched, but rather the opposite. i remind myself to encourage awareness in my life. presence. gratitude. 
every single experience, moment, feeling - they are all temporary.  all of our pain and all of our joy will some day only exist as memories. when we choose gratitude for each and every single moment, we have no reason to fear our final day.  when it comes, we will have lived, fought and loved with honor in our blood and forgiveness in our hearts. 
i am grateful for my life and for yours. for mountains and friendship and children. for sunshine and yoga and vegetables. 
i am grateful for the people and events that will break my heart and for those who have already. for my family and for the wildflowers.

i am grateful for handstands at 14,000 feet . just in case the sunrise i watched this morning turns out to be my last.