Skiing: A Microcosm of Life.

Posted on | January 23, 2008 | No Comments

Like many adventurous sports out there, skiing is simply a microcosm of life itself.

It gives us a chance to face down some of our worst fears. Fear of falling down and fear of failure are two at the top of this list.

It allows us to constantly decide if want to always play it safe or decide to go full throttle.

For some, we start out small and eventually want to start climbing ever so higher. For others, we start out small and fall and never choose to go back again.

For those who continue to come back, we find ourselves taking different trails that would eventually lead us to the same meeting point. As we find ourselves getting off a lift and looking down a new trail, our first thoughts are constantly, “Wow- how am I ever gonna get down this thing!” But we know there is no other way but to just simply do.

The thought of staring down the hill and zooming down with complete freedom is just too much to pass up.

And that’s why we do it over and over again.