Several weeks ago I climbed Crowders Mountain by myself (http://memoirchronicler.blogspot.com/2009/08/journey-begins.html). What a rush! This past weekend, my middle brother and my mom came to visit me and climbed the mountain with me. What an experience! It took at least twice as long to get up the mountain with them as it did to go myself and at times, I got irritated they were so slow.
Isn't that the way life is sometimes? I know I certainly prefer to do things all by myself whenever possible. Interestingly though, I found that as we took our time getting up the mountain, I saw things with them I never would have noticed on my own, one of them being the shot above which I call 'Shark Rock - Woo, Ha, Ha' (those who haven't seen Finding Nemo or who don't have as weird a sense of humor as my family may not get that latter reference…).
I was so determined to reach the top when I went by myself that I didn't really look around me much the last time I trekked up. This time, because I was slowed down by my family, I discovered the shot above, my favorite of the entire day. I would not have even noticed it if my brother hadn't stopped to shoot the rock and, though my mom and I immediately noticed how much the rock looked like a shark coming out of the 'water,' when I asked my brother to pose in front it, I never would have thought of the creative position he took which was far more clever than what I'd had in mind.
That's the thing with adding people into your life. It can be aggravating at times because it means changing your agenda. But, it's so much fuller when done with others.
Until next time!
RJ
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