Michael and Ana

The road so far has been rocky. Not too rocky to keep going but this mountain is a big one. There are others beyond it that, for the moment, I have to stop paying attention to. I climbed one large rock yesterday and then camped out on top. Turns out the rock climbing, for the time being is going to be tedious and somewhat challenging but I have to take it one bit at a time.

Before climbing the rock I witnessed something. It was far away. It was someone who had climbed this mountain from a different angle but through binoculars I watched as confetti came down and a celebration ensued. Lives are changed by this mountain. Lives are given a new lease. And while the years cannot be lived again, the ones ahead can be better than the ones before. His name was Michael and he lost 264 pounds on the Biggest Loser. He did it with the help of personal trainers. While I am not looking to lose 50% of my body weight, I am on a similar mission. I am on a different side of the mountain preparing to be able to help people like him find their way through the forest, the mud and the grind that is weight loss and all around health. I just have to keep studying. And as I watched the party keep going, I decided it was time to figure out how to get over this first rock. That's the party I am looking to join. Michael will have moved on at that point, I will likely (very and most likely) never meet him but he already gave me what I need. He gave me at least a day's worth of inspiration that people can make it to the top of the mountain. And so, I climbed over the first rock.

Once I climbed it and conquered it, I met someone new. Her name is Ana. She'll be accompanying me along the way but she won't be showing me the way. She'll just be joining me as I go. Following along as my example. She offered herself up, eyes facing straight out, palms and head facing forward. She sort of hovers on this little plane. And she's rooting for me from her still position. And while she has the ability to open up, literally, and show me what I need to see from the other planes that intersect within her, she heals with no problem. She is invisible to everyone else but me. I am not crazy, however, she's real. Very much real and she's going to be here for a while so be prepared... she doesn't have much to say but she has got plenty to teach me. She is the human body in it's purest form. When everything is healthy and complete.

(Oh... and total sidenote... my favorite keyword search from last night... someone who came across my blog... "reading rhymes while tripping".)