And I do yoga, so I'm used to being able to center myself and sort of move forward.
And this was an experience where I had to really go deep and be humbled,
and be aware, and sort of acknowledge the nature of the environment and that there
are things, sort of, greater than you that you need to attend to at that moment.
So it was a humbling experience for myself and some others around me.
While we were also going up Mount Massive, there was an older man
who came running past us up the mountain,
and so we looked over, and we said, we cannot believe this.
And he stopped, and he says, oh, I'm 78, and I climb the mountain every day.
And it was just sort of an amazing moment, where you
just had to think about yourself in a way that was different than we were thinking.
So we weren't leading the charge at that moment.
We were not the leader.
We were the follower.
We were learning things about ourselves.
And also just sort of that he had engaged in a practice
of climbing the mountain, in the same way that I do yoga,
and it's a practice of yoga, it's not the perfect of yoga.
Here's someone who climbed that mountain everyday, and
because of his practice, he far exceeded
what us youngins thought we were doing as we were trying to climb the mountain.
So it was just a really interesting experience and one that I did turn to,
from time to time, with other situations, because I think it's just a reminder that
we can all be humbled by things that are occurring around us.
We all need to be mindful of not only our strengths, but
the circumstances that you're facing and that every situation is different.
And so then, it reminds me to look at each situation as a novel situation,
as I try to do with each individual that I meet.
And so that no two people are alike, no two situations are alike and
so I sort of move back to that example from time to time,
because it just reminds me of how important it is to do that.
And that you can take all of your skill sets, but maybe what you need
in this conversation or in this situation, is yet something creative and new.
A twist on what you've done before.
And so it's not just about reaching into your toolkit, but
sort of utilizing that toolkit in ways that fit the situation.
This has worked for me, and I think it would work for many,
is that when you need to think about moving forth in a creative way,
look for the stillness inside yourself.
Really, sort of go inside yourself and sort of reflect and
think about it, that may mean, you are sitting in a quiet corner,
or you go outside, or you take a bike ride, or a run, but
find kind of a quiet place to sort of ruminate on what you're thinking about.
So find a quiet place, before you move to others.
So that you're clear on who you are, where you stand, and
what the options are for you.
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