Could you live on an upper floor here? I guess we would adjust it is so removed from my world but Normal for millions
Going much further West we were up high in Elevation in Yellowstone They have their version of the Grand Canyon But Z still climbed higher he could be comfortable doing this job, but not me
I lived on the 18th floor of an apartment once. After a scare of the whole building swaying from side to side due to an earthquake hundreds of kilometres away, I vow never to live in a high-rise building.
Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons! ************ "Joy is what happens when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are." **************
"A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world." --Paul Dudley White
************ "Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired in the morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired." - George S. Patton, U.S. Army General, 1912 Olympian
I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It’s like this… When you’re going to have a baby, it’s like planning a fabulous vacation trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It’s all very exciting. After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, “Welcome To Holland”. “Holland?!?” you say, “What do you mean “Holland”??? I signed up for Italy! I’m supposed to be in Italy. All my life I’ve dreamed of going to Italy” But there’s been a change in the flight plan. They’ve landed in Holland and there you must stay. The important thing is that they haven’t taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. It’s just a different place. So you must go and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met. It’s just a different place. It’s slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you’ve been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around…and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills…Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts. But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy…and they’re all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say “Yes that’s where I was supposed to go. That’s what I had planned”. And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away…because the loss of that dream is a very significant loss. But…if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn’t get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things…about Holland.
26 comments:
I lived on the 18th floor of an apartment once. After a scare of the whole building swaying from side to side due to an earthquake hundreds of kilometres away, I vow never to live in a high-rise building.
I shudder at the thought of living so high up when the lift breaks down!! LOL!
Happy Weekend :)
I don't have fear of heights but I wouldn't like to be in that lineman's shoes. :-)
It must be a wonderful view from one of the upper floors, but if the elevator breaks down ...;)
Have a nice weekend!
Those are all great examples of high! The photos in Yellowstone are beautiful! :) Great choices for the Hunt!
Dragonheart and Merlin
Well, since you asked........NO! I could not live on the top floor! No way, no how!!!
Yellowstone falls and the grand teton mountain range is a HIGHlight!!!
My 'high' is posted now, if you haven't visited I hope you can drop by. Happy Weekend!!!
the third picture is rock! I like it!
On one of my trips to Colorado I crossed the Continental Divide about 8 times in 2 weeks. That was a lot of driving!
Wow a lot of high stuffs here! :)
This are some fabulous high shots! Well done and put together. Enjoy your weekend.
excellent entry for the theme, nice photos
I sooooo LOVE the Grand Canyon waterfall picture. Thanks for sharing!
Great collection of HIGH pictures. Well done.
Nope, you wouldn't get me up that ladder! Or living in some of those high-rise buildings. Not after seeing Towering Inferno!!
beautiful photos! i love the waterfall. thanks for stopping by ;)
wonderful shots for high theme.
happy hunting!
Great pictures!! Thanks for stopping by!
We went to Yellowstone last year. It was a wonderful trip.
Great choices for PhotoHunt.
Thank you for visiting me and leaving a comment. I do yoga classes, too, twice a week. I love it and have slimmed down a lot.
great set of high theme pictures!
happy hunting.
this is so fun! your photos are wonderful!
I am not sure if I could adjust to living in the city in an apartment. I am such a country girl.
great choices for the theme.
Happy weekend.
Good shots of high !
Nice take on this week's theme. I like being able to walk out the back into our small garden. Have a great weekend
Great job! I really like your photos. Mine is not up yet - check later please...
Wow these really are high... I tagged you for a 6 word memoir on my blog. Check it out!
Lots of great photos for high.
thanks for stopping by for a visit
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