Leaving the Past in my Rear View Mirror

Ahhh, I’m in the mountains.  In the beautiful North Cascades.  I drove from Kettle Falls, through some very beautiful Country and decided to stop at a campground I like that is still very much on the Eastern, Washington side of the mountains.  I took a hike about a mile straight up.  There were some beautiful forests and views of snow capped peaks.  It felt good to be here.

I felt a letting go; a releasing happening as if I was leaving the past in my rear-view mirror and driving into a new reality; one that embraced a higher level of love, acceptance for “what is” and a deeper forgiveness.  I had been holding onto some anger, hurt and resentment.  It wasn’t serving me to continue to carry it around with me.  Traveling in a mini-van, I couldn’t carry around a lot of excess baggage, so I had to stop the van and let it out.

Heading through one of the most beautiful mountain passes I’ve been through, and taking my time on my way to the West Coast, I felt a happier, freer energy.  Although I had no idea what awaited me or what would unfold, I was going someplace very dear to my heart.  It would either embrace me or send me on down the road.  Either way, its part of a higher plan, one that is not in my control; one I have had to surrender to.

Traveling over a mountain pass like this felt very symbolic to me.  It was as if everything I was letting go of stayed on the East side of the mountains, and as I drove down the mountain to the West side, I was tasting a new kind of freedom!