When all hope is lost and you can’t see a way back, remember that personal growth comes from the desire to push through the cracks, reach for the light, and become stronger than the darkness that tried to hold you there.
Take me back to the days when pantries, wash houses and outside toilets were part of everyday life. There’s a reason those memories have stayed with me. 😊
The ocean reminds me a lot of #life. One minute it can be wild and powerful, the next calm and peaceful. It’s beautiful, unpredictable and constantly changing.
I'm not sure if it's a middle-aged man thing, but the older I get, the less I care about societal expectations and the more I desire freedom, without the pressure to make more and be more.
After my divorce, I traveled to Alaska for healing and inspiration, following the footsteps of a legendary outdoorsman. What I discovered about the “male loneliness epidemic” wasn’t a cure—it was a way to live. https://t.co/tzr8PSZ6FB
Another day I get to spend in the high lonesome, a place I have had the pleasure to call home since birth, faraway from that dependant, congested and conforming place known as “civilization”
"Like everyone else, we are following the heartbreaking news. Whenever tragedy strikes in the mountains, no matter where, it affects us deeply. I know that mountain. I know that place. I know its people. One truth remains unchanged: nature is unpredictable. That does not ease the grief, nor does it lessen the pain. It is simply a reminder that no one can ever fully control the mountains. I have been lucky. Many times." ― Reinhold Messner
Sometimes I wonder what knowledge we’re leaving behind in exchange for convenience, and how much of our everyday thinking we’re handing over to technology.