My New Job Rocks

I hope you appreciate the pun.

Today was quite probably the best work day I've ever had.  The morning started with a session by our boss, Johnathon.  Explicating all of the goodness I love... this time it was about how our essence, through language, drives our intentions, which in turn drives our behaviors.  Our behaviors then in turn have an effect on others.  We cannot control the effects they have but we can control our intentions.  So when acting, act with the best intentions, and when listening, pay attention to the intent and not necessarily the behavior.  When negative, we can choose to not be effected by others' actions!

So from 10:30 on, we traveled out to this lovely beauty:

It's called Prophesy Wall.  And we spent the rest of the day climbing it.  I did my first multi-pitch climb, and climbed farther than I have before (about 150 ft).  I must say it was a "beginner climb", but this fact did not detract from its challenge, and neither from how awesome it was.  My instructors/co-workers, BJ and Calvin were super encouraging and oh-so-patient.  

Highlights from the day:  Zack and Bill tackled a monstrous looking climb that left me open-mouthed and wide-eyed, and Amelia climbed a whole pitch blind-folded!  

This is the best 12 hour work day I have EVER had.  Mmmhmm.

Soul Meets Body

Maybe it's time to bring my blog from dormancy.

I've had this song on my mind for a while:

Soul Meets Body by Death Cab for Cutie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9JB2ETgatI

So what "where soul meets body" means to me, is that wherever I go, I always feel a need to have my surroundings connect with me.  That is where I am happy, where my inner self is meeting its needs as well as my physical self.  In Hawaii the ocean, mountains and aloha spirit did this for me.  In Israel, it was the beautiful Israeli landscape, as well as my classmates, teachers, and the study of the gospel that helped me find happiness.  I feel like I went out of touch with my soul for a few weeks when I came back to Utah, but now I feel happiness coming back to me.  

I just got a job at Zion Adventure Company.  

For the past few days, I've been hiking to get to know Zion and meeting amazing people.  Today our boss went over some philosophy that made me feel even more happy.  It is this: completeness.  That you and I are complete beings, that we add on noble characteristics to our beings to make our actions honorable, and that no matter what, the pressure that we feel on the outside can't change what is great about ourselves.   We are complete, and completely impervious.  I can't explain how happy I am to work for someone so uplifting.  

Zion Adventure Company is the place for me.  

Soul Meets Body by Death Cab for Cutie Lyrics:  

I want to live where soul meets body
And let the sun wrap its arms around me
And bathe my skin in water cool and cleansing
And feel, feel what its like to be new

Cause in my head there’s a greyhound station
Where I send my thoughts to far off destinations
So they may have a chance of finding a place
where they’re far more suited than here

And I cannot guess what we'll discover
When we turn the dirt with our palms cupped like shovels
But I know our filthy hands can wash one another’s
And not one speck will remain

And I do believe it’s true
That there are roads left in both of our shoes
But if the silence takes you
Then I hope it takes me too
So brown eyes I hold you near
Cause you’re the only song I want to hear
A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere

Where soul meets body