A walk in the mountains
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My best friend and I went to the mountains last weekend, to a little village called Laax. It was the weekend of the Laax Open, basically the biggest snowboard event in Europe.
After a rather wild but great night out, I gave my body some healthy, nurishing food. When I saw the sun shining, I could not help myself but to get moving, so I went on a walk. I was really enjoying the beauty of the snow, soaking up the sun, feeling the warmth kissing my face. It was just humbling. All of a sudden I felt small. I felt the connection to the earth, to mother nature.
I was enjoying it so much. and every now and then I stopped and let my gaze wander around. What an unbelievable scenery! So hey, why not take a picture?
I don't know, I am one of those people that are like "oh how nice, lemme take a picture of that", grab the phone, take the picture, put it back and keep on doing my thing. Then, later on I go through my gallery and see the pictures and think "oh it was nice" and swipe to the next one. But this time, I had to tell myself "stop, I do want the picture on my phone to refresh my memory later. But I also want to have this beautiful landscape together with the feeling linked to it in my mind and heart." I want the memory in my head.
After taking some nice shots, I went on and I looked at the snow. I mean, I've seen snow so many times. But this
time, I chose to pause for a while and look at the snow,
feel it, touch it every now and then. Again, nothing special for me. Consider thinking about it in a different way: If you touch the snow you feel the cold, you feel and see the snow starts melting,
your hands are getting wet, and the next moment it disappears and is
water again. Well, water in its liquid state (just to sound like a scientist,
because that is typical me ;)). Anyway, I was astonished by the snow crystals,
shining like millions of diamonds. A setting like in a fairy tale. I was getting goosebumps, what an unbelievable feeling, absolutely priceless!
Then I came up a hill, breathing harder, getting a bit tired. I
looked back. Behind me was the path I had already walked winding down the hill. In
that moment, it was like an analogy to life and its struggles, that I have been
through. I told to myself "oh wow, I am walking up this hill and it is
kind of hard". But also I realized, how far I've come already. And that is a great feeling.now.
I was trying to find out where the path was taking me, but could not see the
end, not even where exactly it would take me. I did not know where it will turn left or right. I might get lost a little on my way, maybe I will have to turn
around, because I cannot pass an obstacle, whatever, you get the point😉. All I know is I’m not there yet.
Why should I care about the moment I stepped outside my door? Why care about something that was in the past? I
want to live my life in the present. Taking step after step,
seeing how the world around me changes. Also, I do not want to think about the end of this journey. Why should I think about which trees I will pass, if I can see millions of snow crystals now? This whole analogy felt so absolutely right.
I wrote this post from an audio I recorded that afternoon. Now, writing it down a couple days later, I remember all the details and am just happy that then, I reminded myself to make it a mindful little moment.
Long story short I
went on a really nice walk in the mountains and realized, it is
the analogy to life for me, as it is, right now, in this very moment. I hope this can serve as a little inspiration to people who would like to engage in a more mindful way of living, but are a bit lost when it comes to how and when they should incorporate mindful moments into their life.
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