Tag: eye

Iconic Continental Divide image

unique mountain ridge formation
As the camera pans out, you begin to see how uniquely this one rock feature is an anomaly.

i will never forget the Universe’s generosity in allowing me to lose vision at home, not in Glacier.

dad

What a difference 36 hours makes.

Insignificant in a 60-plus year lifetime.

Critical in potentially saving a life, or at a minimum, not making things worse.

What if going blind would have happened in our Glacier Lodge room?

What if going blind would have happened on a trail?

What if going blind would have happened on a deep-in, remote trail and i was hiking alone?

Insanely grateful for it to happen 36 hours after returning home.

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And so it goes, spiritually

6-second video: Driving deep in. Fifty years ago on this same road, in a chartered bus with 50 Scouts and chaperones, almost dark and no distinguishable landscape features visible until the next morning.

i love the privilege of daily blogging on five uniquely different topics.

dad

Being in uncharted territory is a prime example of opposites.

On one side, uncharted territory is an immense opportunity.

On the other side, uncharted territory could be your demise.

My advice…

  • Have fun
  • .think .differently
  • Lean into discomfort

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Spiritual drive to college

Apple Watch fitness screen on a rural Road
Doc said walking is ok. Nothing strenuous. Walking 20-minute miles is pedestrian. Heart rate consistently under 80 while walking is good.

Driving north of Orlando to get my eye-health update feels like the day that i moved into my college dorm, freshman year.

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Feels good spiritually

While it feels good mentally and physically so far, it feels amazing spiritually.

Why?

Because it did from the moment i became ‘blind’.

Immediately accepted worst case.

Still do.

But always hoping for the best to happen.

And the only way that works is to not have an expectation that it will.

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Not Back to Glacier, spirit

Handwritten note, left on car dashboard
First-world challenge, collaborating with Kasey on a solution in an uncertain future. The van is packed with our stuff and the keys (and us) are in Orlando.

Surrender to any notion of entitlement.

dad

Three retina tears, including one that started to detach the retina, are a routine repair for Dr Kumar.

Nothing about this past week is routine.

It is all new.

All scary.

All uncertain.

As each day passes – and this is only day six since losing vision – the future options and outcomes seem slightly more reassuring.

By no means is there any guarantee. None are stated. None are implied.

Hope for the best. Plan for the worst.

Happy present moment.

So grateful to live in the United States, have access to great insurance and first-class (world-class) health care providers.

Blessed beyond measure.

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