[ Rise and Shine ☀️ ] Time to get up and Cre8te Greatness 🌿 My Dad says... Get up! You're burning daylight! Do you ever get sooo full of daydreams that you wake up with a foggy head? I certainly do! 🙋🏽♀️ And this morning is for sure one of those days. What's on your agenda for the New Year? I'd love to hear? For me and MY business... ✔️ More DIY projects ✔️ Monetize my Podcast ✔️ More YouTube videos ✔️ Helping MORE people I honestly can't wait ✨ how about you? #goals #results #seekgreatness #diy #useyourvoice #monetize #gobegreat https://www.instagram.com/p/CXQ1i3pLAPr/?utm_medium=tumblr
Imagine, if you will, driving from Santa Fe, New Mexico to Monterey, California. Depending on the chosen route, the trip is approximately 1083 miles with a travel time of 16 hrs 30 mins. The trip is a relatively simple one – a straight shot to the west. With enough coffee and a phone full of podcasts, it is not unthinkable to make this trip in a single day. Even allotting for a few scenic detours – like a trip to Lake Powell, for example – the trip would still be a relatively easy couple of days.
Such a boring thing to write about...or is it?
In 1776, Fray Francisco Atanasio Dominguez and Fray Silvestre Velez de Escalante were charged with the task of taking this exact journey from Santa Fe to Monterey. The Spanish Crown wished to have a detailed journal inventorying the lands to the West. The journal chronicling this excursion, the Dominguez-Escalante Journal, is an absolute must read.
It is hard to fully comprehend the difficulty of such an undertaking, yet Fathers Dominguez and Escalante, with faith and resolve, set out to accomplish the task. Now that you’ve imagined the trip in your vehicle with, yes, copious amounts of coffee and hours of digital entertainment at the ready, imagine, instead, setting out from Santa Fe on horseback with an undetermined time-table for your return –if, that is, you survive.
Marked by steep canyons and rocky terrain, the area surrounding modern-day Lake Powell created great difficulty for the Fathers as they searched for a route to cross the mighty Colorado River and return to Santa Fe.
As I stand atop Alstrom Point, 1000′ above the waters of Lake Powell, it seems impossible to believe what transpired at what is now known as the Crossing of the Fathers. To cross these lands on horseback, often lowering a horse by rope down impossibly steep canyon edges in an attempt to fulfill a mission is simply astonishing. Read the book and you might understand truly how amazing this feat was.
The actual crossing was an additional 350-400′ below the current water line (depending on current lake levels), making it all the more incomprehensible.
There exists in each of us the same resolve and perseverance exhibited by Fathers Dominguez and Escalante. In some, these traits are alive and well. In others, they are simply dormant.
It is up to you to find your adventure. Find your passion. Find your cairn - and let it guide you to your destination. It’s out there, you’ve just gotta take that first step. Now get that coffee and download those podcasts (I recommend the one linked below if you have a need to laugh and a good sense of humor)- it’s time to go Adventuring.
The doors will be opened to those who are bold enough to knock. #inspirationalquotes #seekgreatness #quotestoliveby (at Positive) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpioyjElOCS/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ay50c268eu26
Good morning and Good Monday folks, hope y’all had a great weekend! I know Monday is not exactly ‘yaaay day’ but we can call make it one by adding some we love down on our goals list to kickstart ur week... me, am trying alternative cardio experiences.... u will notice from my previous posts I been putting up work out videos n it’s been mostly weights and some iso-movement stuff so am exploring new territory... this is just a first attempt at this sought of thing but am absolutely enjoying it. I love fitness n as one very dominant thing I love, I try to start my week with a great workout! Start with a positive vibe. Am inviting y’all try try it! Summon as much positive energy and drive for the week ahead... and keep finding the positive in all endeavors this week. God bless y’all and goodluck! Song credit: #wizkid @wizkidayo #ceezamilli @ceezamilli #spotless #terri #soco . . . . . . . . . . . . . #fitnessmonday #mondaymadness #startwithasmile #startwithabang #fitnesslifestyles #fitnessmotivationdaily #fitnessmotivationquotes #mondaymadness #stayfitandhealthy #dowhatyoulove #dosomethingpositive #findpositivity #inspirepositivity #growthmindset #positivemonday #effortisattractive #gotheextramile #pushyourselftothelimits #seekgreatness #aspiretobegreat #aspiretoinspire #mondaymorningvibes #newweeknewgoals #inspirationmonday #tryagainandagain #doforlove #staytruetoyou #beyourself💯 #godblessyourhustle #bebravebebold #enjoythejourney #fitforlifefamily #fitfamuk🇬🇧 #bless ✌🏽
The goal is for the great times to be more frequent and last far longer than the suck right? What we seek we find. Do you dare to seek GREAT? #seekgreatness #happy #victoriousbychoice #great #lifeisgreat
