So I went skiing another time.
It was the same procedure as two years back, part business trip, part hardout skiing. A very nice hotel and some lovely company from the company. Stupid luck in the weather department. Nice slopes and a lot of fun.
Also, I had the chance to once more capture friends on the slopes:
But something stuck with me since. This 4th week out skiing, someone explained a fundamental about that activity:
Skiing is about the combination of the gear and the ground underneath.
One without the other won’t be as much fun.
(the pictures are supposed to show glimpses of mentioned ‘fun’)
Let me get philosophical: Life might just be the same. You always are in a place. This place is where you function right then and there. And you are in a way bound to this place. Without it, you cannot go to the next and without the former place you wouldn’t be in the one you are in right now.
In order to participate in the ultimate sport, which is life itself, you need to work with what you have. You and your place are the two factors determining the future.
You can decide what you’ll do with the place: Do you go straight, do you induce a turn, do you stop, do you decide to fall over because it was all too fast for you?
But without yourself and your decision, the place won’t stop or turn for you. It might help you more with one of the ways and might let you struggle with the other. Sometimes you get into a flow and everything comes natural and it is utter fun. Sometimes you might be overly careful, with or without a good reason, and miss out on the fun others are having in the same place. Sometimes, you might want to go back to a place and see how much you have grown since, while doing it one more time in the present.
Sometimes, places inspire you. Sometimes, places frighten you. Sometimes, places break you. Sometimes, places miss out on you.
Also, some places are shared. Like a slope, which you not often find at your sole disposal, in many places other people are to be taken into consideration.
Some places wouldn’t be the same without the others in it. Some places would not even be worth it. Some places you might experience differently because of the presence or absence of other individuals.
I will leave my slopes of thought and leave you guys with some more shots from the mountains.
