I landed with a loud splat. It was a peculiar sound, almost funny. I realized in the thinking of this thought that I must still be alive. My body was reeling and I had a severe case of the spins, but I was alive. I couldn’t stand without wanting to fall over, but I was alive. I wanted to hurl… I did hurl…
The Mountain in the Clouds, Part 28
I could tell by the faces of the people before me that they were in an uncomfortable place. Certainly the words themselves must well have been comprehended. But the information provided to them about who and what they are… I could tell that they hesitated to believe. In fact I wondered even in my own mind whether the words I just spoke could be true. And I asked myself, could this be?
The Mountain in the Clouds, Part 26
I stepped out on the grass. Verdant field of green. Waving blades of dew. Morning sun. Wispy winds. Billowing over my head and hair. Cooling and warming and soothing and real.
The Mountain in the Clouds, Part 25
I took a deep breath, I lifted my left foot in the air. I shifted my weight forward on my right leg. I remembered my trusting step into the giant, Gumpelthwomp’s, hand at the waterfall. And for a moment I remembered how I had fallen and he had not caught me. That the waters of the river had swallowed me up, dragged me under.
The Mountain in the Clouds, Part 24
EA#21: Read From the Beginning or the start of Trial Two or Three The Mountain in the Clouds, Part Twenty-Four “ Black night of the […]
The Mountain in the Clouds, Part 22
I suppose I was looking for something more solid to know that I had accomplished the goal. Whatever the goal had been. To claim joy in my life. Or to better understand joy and what it means to be in joy.
The Mountain in the Clouds, Part 20
EA#17: Read From the Beginning or the start of Trial Two or Three The Mountain in the Clouds, Part Twenty “ It was like a […]
The Mountain in the Clouds, Part 19
Ok, I thought, here goes. I stepped one foot out to place it in his hand. Then I lifted my other and inched my body forward with a twinge of hesitation. I tried to trust in this act and let myself go. I put all my weight forward to land into Gumpel’s open palm.
The Mountain in the Clouds, Part 18
The water cascaded off the rock face maybe twenty meters overhead. It shot forth into the air, free as free can be. It glimmered in the moonlight as it tumbled down the long drop. Mist and spritz and spray bellowed forth from the fall like a bubbling, spitting thing. Now to make my way to the top.
The Mountain in the Clouds, Part 17
EA#14: Read From the Beginning or the start of Trial Two or Three The Mountain in the Clouds, Part Seventeen “ I was in my […]