No Politics In The Mountains

One of the reasons I love being at our place in the mountains has to do with the slow paced, no hassles life style. It's like living a meditation. Your mind is clear, you feel rested and at peace. There is just no way to achieve that sense of balance living in the city other than meditation and other like techniques.

Could there be anything better for the soul than waking up and looking outside and seeing nothing but nature--Walking outside and hearing nothing but nature--Breathing in the cool mountain air and exhaling all of the stress and tension?

Living in the mountains means leaving politics and war and religious arguments behind.

It means chopping wood and hauling it and stacking it in to neat stacks to use all winter--hard work that feels good. It means enjoying the planning and preparation and serving of a meal and watching as your friends and family enjoy every bite. It means sleeping in if you feel like it or spending the day reading a good book or just sitting and listening to the wind in the trees.

And when evening comes you sit by the fire and enjoy a good conversation and maybe relive some of the day's events and then go to bed feeling that everything is right with the world.