Musings at Altitude

It’s been several weeks since I felt like logging on and writing anything. 

Three weeks to be exact.

And I’ve been through lots of extremes.

At one point, I was reminded of how precious life is in the loss of a good friend and mentor, and just a day later, I was reminded how magnificent our God is by seeing an untainted view of His magnificent creation.

During that same time, I was witness to the tears of extreme pain from the loss, and then only a couple days later I was witness to the tears of great joy that came from enlightenment and the extreme relief from the burdens at that time.

At another point, I was deeply enmeshed in completely chaotic communications, and then only a couple days later, I was isolated in a sense with no connectivity at all and only the sounds of nature and the whispers of those in awe of that nature interrupting the gentle breeze.

At another time, I was deeply troubled by a total unwillingness to share or work together by organizations who had a common enemy and clear cause, and then just a day later, I was incredibly inspired by another group who approached each other with great skepticism and concern, and walked away with great admiration and respect after opening up, candidly addressing the perceptions, and working together on the accurate reality.

And finally, during these three weeks, I was comfortably nestled at times in the world of plenty where you can walk two doors down and get a latte or hamburger, and then only a day later I was far away from what we know as civilization where no fast food or “perks” as we typically think of them existed.

Each of these extremes created an emotional roller coaster as exciting and sometimes intimidating as I’ve ever been on before.  The pain was countered by the joy.  The tension by the calm.  The chaos by the serenity.  The confusion by the clarity.  The questions by near immediate answers.

For those of you who checked in and wondered what was up, thanks for caring.

I’m blessed by each of you.

Normalcy will be back soon.

I’m certain of that.

Whether I want it that way or not.