Another monday morning coming down...

Hey Gang,

I sit here at my desk in beautiful Timberlakes Utah, and snow is puking from the sky. A beautiful monday getting started. I love my home! I took a break from typing... made some eggs, put on my snow pants, getting ready to take Belg and Zeus out into the woods behind my house. I am so happy to have this sanctuary, away from the nonsense. I encourage anyone reading this to get out into the snow, reconnect with nature, and the stillness that is there. I wish everyone a happy holidays, and I am off to heed my own advice.

from the mountains,

Jason

The Nature of Things...

Hey there cyberspace,

I seem to be all over the place in my thoughts lately. I sometimes snap out of this strange illusion called life, and ponder the meaning of it all. I think about my dog Angel alot. I really miss that dog. I get caught up in this life thing, making money, dealing with the ego, mine mostly. I am continually trying to remember what is really important. Why is it so hard to keep things in perspective? Why is it so hard to keep remembering what I really am. Sometimes it's hard even relating to another human being about the crazy thoughts that run through this grey matter. Maybe that's why I wake up in the morning and share it on hikes with my dogs...

thanks for reading,

Jason
Somewhere in the mountains, UT

Adversity Everywhere

This is inspired by my friend and mentor Coach John Davies.


Overcoming Adversity

That's pretty much the heart of the matter,

Life is all about overcoming adversity. We all must do it, or suffer and perish.

Whether it's health issues, financial woes, relationship crisis, we all face challenges

big and small. It's how we handle these situations that makes the difference in our

lives. As my friend, and mentor John Davies says "Do you get up off the canvas

when you get knocked down." Do you? Are we teaching that in schools? Do

people even have a sense of that anymore? It seems like it's gone by the wayside

in society today. We are not teaching people to overcome adversity. We are

teaching people that it's ok to complain, blame others, to not take responsibility for

their lives. A society of blame. "It's the economy!" It's my parents fault!" "If it wasn't

for my boss, teachers, wife, husband, kids, president, friends, girlfriend, boyfriend,

job, coworkers, genetics, brothers, sisters, and on and on it goes.

Let's take the higher road. Let's resolve to look adversity in the face, and say "You

may knock me down, but you won't keep me down!"

thanks for reading,

Jason

somewhere in the mountains, UT