I don't have it all figured out. I never have. Following Christ was never about having it all figured out.
It has always been about keeping the faith even when the situation doesn't warrant one.
Ego is dangerous. In the wild, it kills you quickly. In business, it kills you quietly.
The most important survival skill is the willingness to say, "I don't know, can you help me?"
I broke my nose when I was sixteen. Karate exam. I tasted blood and wanted to quit. I kept my hands up. The things worth having usually require taking a hit.
Fear is a terrible foundation for anything lasting.
It makes us hoard and isolate.
The cooperative instinct is the most practical survival advantage we have.
The wilderness isn't trying to destroy us. It is showing us what is real.
It burns away the stuff that was never going to last.
And it leaves us standing with the only things that can.
'"Come to the edge", he said. They said: we are afraid. Come to the edge. They came. He pushed them. And they flew.'
My favourite short poem and one I hold dear to me before any adventure.