Endure... No Enjoy til the End.

I hiked rock canyon park for the first time today. It was an interesting experience. Being from the east jagged sharp granite (I'm assuming) is a new experience. My Appalachians are rolling blue green beauties. I went alone and just enjoyed the experience. I thought of how these mountains have been there for years. What stories did they have to tell? Squaw peak has seen plenty of virtue lost, but it has also seen the early saints arrive, settle and find a home. I saw deer foraging on a steep slope. I realized how life finds a way to survive. The circumstances may be a cold, windy, rock covered mountain... and yet grass sprouts forth. I postponed a lot of homework and responsibilities for this climb, and I don't regret it. I think I have commented on this before, but Frost's "Nothing Gold Can Stay" passed my mind looking down as the sunset splashed its last rays on Utah lake. I thought of Stargirl and Spinelli. Remembering where we came from, not just living on it. Lots of random thoughts just kinda spilling out... I guess this semester can be summarized by a quote from Gordon B Hinckely, "Life is meant to be enjoyed. Not just endured."

Disney

If I were to be a Disney character I would Simba. Simba's life is defined by tragic events that he rises like a phoenix from his own ashes. The death of his father leaves him with introspection and a theory for life, "Hakuna Matata." This is something that I believe in to an extent. I think the world is to consumed by the small things in life. Hakuna Matata indeed. How is it that we fret over what color to wear to a prom when slaughter occurs in Tibet. The little things in life should not weigh us down, but makes us more grateful for the blessing that lace our lives. Simba doesn't realize who is he is and consequently runs away from a potential destined to bloom. He is loyal to his friends and his mother, while accepting the demons in his own life. These demons shape him into the king the others see naturally within him; however, it takes his life being run by hyenas and his home burnt to ashes until he comes into his own.