We all live with some regret. I leave Sedona tomorrow and I regret not having purchased the crystal necklace that called my name today.
I did, however, climb the 85 steps to the top of the Watchtower National Monument on the rim of the Grand Canyon that borders the Painted Desert. I experienced a full 365 degree view that was beyond words.
I initially balked at the sign that announced the 85 steps. I was tired already, it was late in the day and we had already walked along part of the rim of The Grand Canyon. The 85 steps seemed high up in the clouds. However, I do not regret it, I am glad I did it.
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| Watchtower Monument at the Grand Canyon, looking upward, 40 more steps to climb! |
It has been a week of decisions about regret or gladness. Do I climb to the top of the Vortex and regret I did because I spent most of the time surfing back down on my butt? Do I not climb the Vortex at all and regret that. Do I worry endlessly that my promotion into a new level of management will be my undoing? Or, do I just forge ahead like the crazy I am, just do the work and hope for the best?
Sedona is a land of climbing, hiking and decision making. This trail or that, up the hard short way or the long winding way, do we eat organic or not? I am ill prepared for all of it because I realize that the zone I thought I was doing so well in, is a comfort zone. I am comfortable, which to me is synonymous with fat, lazy, and going nowhere. I am now feeling very uncomfortable and downright afraid.
As we visit one monument after the next, I realize that if someone else years ago hadn’t “been glad they did,” there probably wouldn’t be much for me to learn here except bring along a big stick to climb the Vortex with.
What if they had stayed in the comfort zone? The fact that two women were instrumental in building two of the monuments I was most awed by was not lost on me. If they could carve monuments out of rocks, surely I can forge ahead and be braver in my life? Maybe, just maybe I can take this next step in my career with courage and without trepidation. Can I release the fear and replace it with "can do."
That last bit of flowery prose may be taking it too far. I came away with a few answers…climb the Vortex, goofy girl and butt surf down if ya gotta! Eat like a Sedonian…organic, gluten free but above all, try the fried cactus, it rocks! Go to work, do your best and like my dad always said “Never go backward!” He never said anything about butt surfing…
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