Mental surplus

Up and over Logan Pass, continuing East to St Mary, North to Many Glacier and the trail head. Photo: Wild Goose Island as we passed by. 

Grinnell Glacier trailhead, almost 8:00 AM, roughly two hours after departing Cabin 20. 

The 5.3 miles is a guide. Instead of 10.6 miles round trip, we logged 12 miles. 

One mile into it. 

About two miles in. 

Approximately 3.5 miles farther up from here to reach Grinnell Glacier viewing area. 

Live in a mental surplus or live in a mental deficit?

Which way we live is based on our choices. 

Our choices are based on our beliefs. 

Our beliefs are birthed and nurtured by our habits and rituals. 

Driving the speed limit is a signal a person is living in surplus. You always leave 10 minutes earlier than it takes to get somewhere. And the travel time-budget is based on the posted speed, not the time it takes if you speed, and get all the lucky breaks. 

Son, when your thoughts have room to “arrive early” – without rushing – the depth and breadth of your thinking expands to consider things you never have time for when you’re in a hurry. 

Always choose surplus. People spend their entire lives in deficit, hoping someday to change. 

It never happens. 

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You must dream about it

Dreaming of recording podcasts here. 

Changing the world is at the center of everything we do at Apple – Tim Cook

Dreaming is necessary if you want to change something. 

Couple big things to consider before trying to change the world. 

Yes or no?

i am the most positive person i know?

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Excited about moving forward?

What facilitates excitement? Personal goals. 

Literally no one knows this easy trail exists. 

Rare Reynolds Mountain angle. 

Personal goals fuel excitment.

More than any other fuel, desire tops the list.

If you have personal goals (your goal not someone else’s), and you want them as much as your next breath, you’re positioned to find a way to get things done.

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Son, if your goal isn’t impossible, you’re not reaching high enough.

Note: The Oberlin group summit was canceled after making it to the Clements saddle. We discovered an issue in that moment that made safety and security our priority. No worries. Making it to the saddle was a significant accomplishment for one of our group. We celebrate that feat.

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Today is a good day for a good day

Bearhat Mountain.

Every day is a good day for a good day. 

Son, it’s not the attitude that makes it work, it’s the work that makes the attitude. 

My positive attitude is the sum of the lifelong and continuous efforts to feed my mind. 

Take the first sentence in this post:

Every day is a good day for a good day. 

Of course life is going to challenge you with impossible odds and trivial, incessant distractions. 

That’s my point. 

And then there’s my version:

Every day is a great day for a great day.

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Should have seen it coming

Good morning from Rising Sun.
A few minutes changes the light.
A couple more minutes change it again.
Perhaps 10 more minutes and a different vantage point.
Good morning Wild Goose Island.

Should have seen it coming.

What?

Amazing.

In Glacier, amazing is so predictable.

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