Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor, Maine is the first place on the continental U.S. to see the sun rise. Cadillac Mountain at oh-dark-30 (that’s what I call the wee morning hour!)
Describing it would be futile. You’ll have to crest the summit on the mountain at 3 a.m. to catch the sun coming up… when it’s good and ready. And, when you stop clutching for breath after the climb… no doubt, you’ll clutch at your heart and wipe away a tear at God’s beauty unfolding before your eyes.
Actually, I’ve always been a sunset kind of a girl. But, a few years back some friends insisted on hiking the best trails in Maine. My goodness, we could still be hiking today… cuz there are tons of great ones in that state. Hiking to me is like oxygen. The burn you feel in your thighs and knees and ankles and really any where you can feel pain… let’s you know you must be right a around the bend from the next awesome vista.
Every hiker knows… the climb is always hardest near the summit. Just like life. That’s why we can’t give up… when pursuing what’s right and what’s right for us. There’s a difference you know. ”What’s right” is that path that very few people stay on… so it will be steep and lonely. And, “what’s right for each of us” is that personally journey of dreams, commitments, victories, tragedies… all in the name of living with purpose.
No, climbing to a point to see the sun peak into America won’t be easy (unless you cheat and drive the scenic park route to the lookout post with the telescope!) Don’t cheat. Don’t even think about it. Do the work that gets you in position to see the light and glisten from your own work’s perspiration in that golden hue. Soak up the victory of having reached the summit of your own will, might and determination.
And, so it goes whether you’re hiking or just getting your day. Do what you were meant to do… live out your purpose. And, don’t give up… you will be blessed for it. But, you must stick with it.
You deserve the best. So, in your own way… at your own pace… be the best.
Back from maternity leave… with a lot to say…
H-out