1. Cool video and story from this week…
Someone sent me a video of an ice climber caught in an avalanche that was pouring over him as he hung by his ice axe. It’s a wild video. What’s wilder is that, coincidentally, the guy in the video was one of my guides when I climbed Mt. Rainier last April. He showed us the video and told us the story, including how it went viral. He said he just tucked his head and hung on for dear life. He did think there was a good chance that he was going to die. Miraculously, the avalanche stopped, and he was able to climb to safety. Crazy! (Thanks, Dolly C., for sending me that video!) Check out the video below (and make sure you turn on the volume)…
2. Thought-provoking words I read this week…
Any time I am at a funeral, or even when someone tells me about the death of a loved one, it triggers me ask myself a few quick questions… Do I like what I am doing?…Is there anything else I should be doing?… Is there anything I want or anywhere I really want to go?… Is there anything I need to say to anyone? We all know that time is ticking and that today could be our last day, but most of us live as if we have all the time in the world. We have approximately 4,000 weeks in a lifetime (if we’re SUPER lucky). That is NOT too long! (I’ve already blown through over 2,700 of those weeks.😳😬) At a funeral this week, the memorial card that was at the guest signing book had some powerful and thought-provoking words (for me, anyway). I left it on our dresser and read it every day this week. Here is what it said…
At the end, what really matters is not what we bought but what we built; not what we got but what we shared; not our competence but our character; and not our success, but our significance.
Live a life that matters. Live a life of love.
3. Wellness tip…
It seemed like it came up a lot this week with patients, so I figured I’d share it here too. When it comes to improving your health, feeling better, having more energy, and even losing weight, start with the basics. Call it low hanging fruit. Forget the 4-week celery cleanse, committing to running a marathon, or any other radical, super strict endeavor, protocol, or health regimen, and start with the simple stuff. Instead, cut out the soda, go for a walk every day, add some fresh veggies to your meals, have one drink instead of four, etc. Extraordinary changes can happen by taking extreme measures… but extraordinary change also happens with consistently doing the basics over time. You are much better off being consistent with the simpler, more basic, and easier stuff over a year than you would be doing some hardcore action for only a few weeks. So… take a deep sigh of relief… because health and wellness doesn’t have to be that hard. Stop trying to climb to the top of the tree and falling to the ground… start grabbing the low hanging fruit that’s right in front of your face.
