Climbing "Good Intentions" in Pisgah Forest
I climbed “Good Intentions” in Pisgah Forest (NC) this weekend, a new route for me. Removed gear after my husband’s lead and rappelled down (around 8 stories, I believe).
There was one tricky part, where I was beating the heck out of a piece of gear to remove it and I caught myself thinking about a movie called “Nemo” and singing in my head…
- Dory (a blue tang fish): Hey, Mr. Grumpy Gills when life gets you down, know what you got to do?
- Marlin (a clown fish): I don’t want to know. -Just keep swimming.
Dory singing…
Dory, the singing blue tang from "Nemo"
~Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming
~What do we do? We swim, swim…
- Marlin: Dory, no singing.
- Dory sings: ~Ho ho ho ho ho ho~I love to swim~When you want to swim~
- Marlin: See, I’m going to get stuck now with that song.
For those of you with children, you may recognize that as a song Dory sings in “Nemo.”
For everyone else, I know it seems silly to sing a song about swimming as you are climbing up granite, but it works. Feel free to insert your own words and give it a try. It’s just all just about persistence.
Climbing provides a good balance for the design work I do. I love to design web sites (especially WordPress CMS sites), logos and print work. Since I also love doing anything active outside, it evens out the time I spend glued to the computer.
Following is a quote (a little more Zen than Dory) that touches upon a personal goal: to help find balance with the rock climbing, creative designing, computer geek, wife and most importantly, Mom of 3, that I am.
“Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks. Also learn from holy books and wise people. Everything – even mountains, rivers, plants and trees – should be your teacher.”
—Morihei Ueshiba
A metaphor is like a simile.
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LOL. Good point:)