We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love, and then we return home. -Australian Aboriginal
#QOTD #WHYIHIKE
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Tag: sedona
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Warrior
If you wish to be a warrior, prepare to get broken. If you wish to be an explorer, prepare to get lost. If you wish to be a lover, prepare to be both. -Daniel Saint
Be both! Enjoy the day!
This is Boynton Canyon Trail in Sedona, Arizona. The rock formation is Kachina Woman, she radiates beautiful spiritual power. This area is also one of the vortexes. The trail is right by Enchantment Resort. We had lunch there with these beautiful views watching rock climbers and then we headed out on the trail. If you go, make sure to watch for Robert. He sits on top of the rock formations, playing his flute, handing out heart rocks and sending the message of love.
©Tracy Blowers
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running vibes
I’m sitting in my hotel in Sedona, AZ and right outside my window, they are setting up for the Sedona Half Marathon, 10k & 5k. It’s only 6:30 AM and I can already feel the excitement and energy. I find myself with a lump in my throat.
There is something about running a race that brings up so many emotions. I think it’s seeing a group of people all aiming for the same goal, supporting each other along the way. It’s also the feeling of accomplishment…challenging yourself, pushing hard and going beyond what you thought possible.
In 2017, I ran the Twin Cities 10 mile. I wouldn’t have been able to complete it without the support of the Lifetime Fitness Run Club. The women in this picture helped me keep my pace as we talked, laughed, and cried.
I have Dystonia and I never thought that running 10 miles was possible. BUT…I took it one step at a time. I trained slowly but surely and before I knew it, I ran 10 miles!
The next time you question if you can do it, WHATEVER it is….if your negative voice is telling you that you can’t, if you have anxiety, if you have ANY disorder, if you don’t have a support system, or if people tell you that you can’t…
let me tell you…
YOU CAN!!!
XO
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the fog
There’s something about February that makes me feel lighter, like a heavy fog lifting. January is a hard month for me. Anyone else? I feel pressure to start the new year with a bang, to set new goals, work harder, do better. All while reflecting on the previous year. The good and the bad, what I want to change and do differently. Part of me loves the feeling of the new year, starting fresh and all the new possibilities. At the same time, it’s almost too much. How do you find a balance?
This year we decided to travel. We are very fortunate to work from home which allows us the freedom to live anywhere. We left Minnesota and spent the month of January in Sedona, Arizona. Changing my views, being able to spend more time outdoors in January, getting more sunshine, and having fewer distractions helped me find balance.
BUT…I’m also reminded that it’s a state of mind. The same negative voices haunted me. The same pressure.
That’s the answer!
If I could talk to my younger self, I would tell her over and over to find her happiness. Don’t cave to the pressure of others, don’t do what you think you “should” do. Do what makes you happy! When you do, it will fill you up, allowing you to be a better, more complete person. It’s not selfish if that runs through your head like mine. If you give and give and give, you end up with nothing. Nothing for yourself and nothing left to give.
Find what stirs your soul! Try different things until you find YOUR thing. Try and fail, try and fail, try and fail until one day it’s all clear. That is life. No one has a perfect life or has all the answers. It’s never a straight line to success, it’s a wobbly messy line.
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