"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear." Nelson Mandela
Greetings,
For me, fighting demons in my head.. The best medicine is nature, it makes it much more effective when I go to a totally new environment, making it even better if unexpected and pushing myself to the top.
Holidays were good, people full of positivity, good wishes, too much food to offer, home made cookies and home, family spirit everyone is sharing. It's a bit opposite to me as New Year's Eve comes I'm reminded of the first day in the year, when I got a call that my father passed away.
As I started improving my habits, started living healthier and relearn everything I knew before, I started realizing that grief is just a bunch of fears together in one bag'. Going out in the nature and push yourself to the limits, with silence, bright natural colors, stunning views and the smell of the forest totally calms my mind down.
It silence's the chatter, fears and disbelief, eliminates negativity and allows me to be in the moment. That's why I decided that Sunday is the day to break the chains of negativity, old fears and go out and find new path to go hiking. One little promise I made to myself for the new year.
I had a bit of work to do on Sunday, help out a coworker and drive back the van, when I started getting ideas where to go out on a hike. Felt like I really wanted a new adventure, without any real goals, if needed I might go on two hills to release some toxins gathered over holidays, get some much-needed fresh air and quality time spent out in the nature.
As I drove from the office parking lot, threw the tiny village Frankolovo on a nice twisted road I remembered of an old castle Lindek , not far away from the main road we used to visit quite often. Told myself I could visit it again after a few years to start with a little warm up walk and continue from there.
When I parked my car I noticed some trail signs with an interesting name "Stenica". That totally got me interested, took my bottle of water with me and started my journey of clearing my mind.
At first, I wasn't exactly sure where I was going, looked around to follow hiking trail markations, slowly got to steeper and steeper, after 20 minuted I got to one dead end, turned around and continued the second path that lead me to right track.
The steep climb was just perfect to get my heart pumping, started heavy breathing and turned my mind to be present, in the moment and think of only one task in front of me. _To get to the top!
On the way I found several already blooming, beautiful Christmas roses, some left over snow patches, a few birds and amazing views. Found out at the top that I went over 1000 m totally unexpected, but it felt amazing filled with positivity and without any fear.
On the way down I went to check out castle Lindek, turned back to the car soon as it started getting dark. Finished the day with nice full bowls of mixed salad for dinner.
I'm truly grateful for all the lessons I have received last year and all the hard times I went threw that made me the man I am today. Happy to be on a path of improvement, reaching goals, exploring nature, getting over my fears, fill myself with positive energy and spent a lot more time Thank you for taking time reading, stopping by, staying positive & wishing you a great day!
