Mountains, Valleys and Cliffs

And so it happens that we humans love the drama of nature. Let's face it, right here in the United States we have many natural wonders that are incredible to behold...take the Grand Canyon! WOW! what an amazing natural wonder. Or the Grand Tetons, Bad Lands, New Hampshire's Old Man of the Mountain (may he rest in peace) so many of our valleys and mountains were created out of turbulent forces of nature. Some of these were created in an instant, some of them have been destroyed in an instant, but all of them are incredible.

We look at the rugged coastal cliffs and glacial valleys in awe, but when it comes to our own lives, it seems that we don't want to evolve and grow because it is too uncomfortable. To some degree, growth comes from massive change; metamorphosis. How can we break out of our current mold if we don't want to go through the uncomfortable process of change? What would our mountains be if they had the choice of going through change? Sometimes the more drastic the change the more beautiful the outcome...yet, as individuals we resist the type of change that brings lasting beauty. (and no this is not a political message) this is a personal growth message.

We can even see the evidence of this concept in business. Raw natural resources go through a tremendously arduous process to become steel. This same steel is used to build some of the most incredible structures that humans have ever built, but it all starts with a rugged, tumultuous process.

We must be willing to go through these processes as well if we want to get to a different place or if we want to have a beautiful outcome in our life. We are in the process right now whether you believe it or not. I am not saying that it is an absolute necessity to have tumultuous processes in your life in ourder for it to have a beautiful outcome, but those times should not be avoided for the sake of comfort.

Babies come into the world in one of the most violent ways possible, but somehow nature makes sure that we come through it ok. We don't know what we our minds and bodies are capable of and most people are afraid to test their limits. Each person is a potential mountain range of possibility and Grand Canyon of peace. It is within us to harness the power of nature to carve and chisel our own character and our own future. It is not going to be easy and it is not going to be a comfortable journey; it wasn't meant to be. This is a journey of growth and passion, we are alive and we are always growing and moving like the lava flowing from a volcano. Mountains are made this way. Men are made this way. Countries are made this way.

Rob