Progress -1/16/2022

Many years ago, General Electric’s slogan was “Progress is our most important product.” That’s how we are feeling as we complete 2021 and enter 2022. We are definitely seeing progress in our fitness, endurance, strength and hiking. The power of intention = commitment+action+magic.  Progress – Hiking Non-Stop I returned from our vacation December 7 with…

Moving – 12/31/2021

    “Set your goal and keep moving forward.” Georges St-Pierre. This post is a continuation of the last post, Preview, about the “movement” vacation/business trip we took around Thanksgiving. The purpose of this post is to highlight the movement portion – how we continued our intention, training and commitment to hike Vernal and Nevada Falls in…

Preview – 12/14/2021

“If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it.” William Arthur Ward Every day since last May, we have imagined what it will be like to hike Vernal and Nevada Falls in June 2022. The following post is about our personal preview. From Flat Walking to…

Intention – 11/2/2021

Our intention creates our reality. Wayne Dyer My husband, Willis, and I created an intention last May that we will hike Vernal and Nevada Falls in Yosemite National Park next June 2022. What is “intention?” For us it is about commitment – doing whatever it takes, seeing what works and doesn’t work, what are we…

Motivation – 10/15/2021

Motivation is a key element on any journey of self-discovery. We don’t always “feel” like doing what we have said we want to do. What happens then? For Willis and I, October seems to be about injury and physical therapy. Fortunately, the Be Stronger and Slow Weights classes on-line at Body Wisdom Studios allow us to…

Action – 9/6/2021

Action is the foundational key to all success. Pablo Picasso Action is defined as “the accomplishment of a thing usually over a period of time, in stages, or with the possibility of repetition.” This has been a month of action, learning, growing and challenges = excellent August 2021! Chapter 4, Part I – August 2021…

Steps – 8/3/2021

Every journey begins with a single step. Our first step in deciding to hike Vernal and Nevada Falls in Yosemite National Park in June 2022, was to declare that is what we are going to do. Then we looked at why we want to do that – our Purpose. Then what it will give us…