Over the weekend we traveled to Wolf Gap and Big Schloss. Noel, Mark, Arnie and myself set out from the parking lot that was full at Wolf Gap up the trail. It is a 2 mile trek to the top and starts off relatively easy. The ascent at first is steep but manageable. Then you start looking down at the path for which rock to step on or around. Even though we are all pleading 39 years of age publicly we were in much better shape than a group of 20 somethings who we passed early on the trail.
The trail required us to really watch our steps in certain spots. We couldn't really enjoy the views or scenery at times.
But when we did stop the views were great. The climb to the top was well worth every step. We saw creation from a whole new perspective. Ahhhhh!
Then I told the tribe my first joke. My older brother shared it with me as a kid and I still think it is funny.
There were two hunters who combined efforts to win a million dollar prize. The prize was for the largest elephant brought back to New York in two years. The first year they searched and only found a little elephant so they came up with a plan. Put a cork in the elephant and feed it for a year. If they found a bigger elephant so be it, if they didn't they might win with this one. They never found a bigger elephant and this one grew to be enormous. The hunters had also trained a monkey to take the cork out, so when the big day came the monkey pulled the cork out and the hunters next memory was waking up in the hospital. There were reporters all over and they ran to first bed to ask what had happened. The first hunter said things just went black. The reporters then asked the second hunter and he said all he could remember was:
that poor monkey trying to put the cork back in!
I still find this funny because at times we all are like the poor monkey trying to put the cork back in.
Perhaps the point is we shouldn't allow ourselves to be trained to do dumb things. One major point is the financial season we find ourselves in. Walk away from the worry job. You are not a monkey and there a better things in life. Get out of your house and take a walk. Get out of your job at lunch and take a walk. If you are by yourself then enjoy the magnificent show around you. If you are with a friend then enjoy each other.
It will help. I promise.
