Yesterday’s upslope snow storm hammered the Colorado Front Range into submission. People were stranded, left their cars, and found various ways home. After skiing with me yesterday, my friend Ross slept here for the night since we were not going to get his car out of the snow. We actually had to plow the road with my little Subaru to get all the way home!
So, we had a choice. Take it in stride and find the good in it? Or whine and complain as so many would do?
We decided to have fun. To slow down. Exercise (snow shoveling is great for strengthening the core, I think, even if it’s not in Lisa Mercer’s “Open Your Heart With Winter Fitness” book!). And enjoy the preparation for a White Christmas.
So we did. What better time to slow down? To help neighbors dig out? And to find joy in the surprise. There’s an extended family in the park building a snow fort and throwing snowballs.
Like my friends enjoying Stowe with only a few runs open, we can find the good in whatever the Creator allows to show up in our lives. And we can learn and grow from it. What have you learned today?
Let’s go!
Posted by: — Stephen Hultquist
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Today is my husband’s birthday. He was supposed to go to work in Denver. He couldn’t get to Denver, because the roads were closed. So instead of working, he just had to go skiing in Breckenridge.
Sometimes, life is what happens when the weather gets in the way.
And yes…shoveling snow is great for the core!
Comment by lmercer — December 21, 2006 @ 9:39 pm