09-13-2020, 10:16 AM
You know what Zane, I've been where you are...
In love with a magical, mystical oceanside paradise rich in fishing culture and sentimental memories of your youth...
Stunning unrivaled beauty, mountains, hills, cliffs, fjords...
A place you drag people to hoping they'll love as it as much as you do, but they never do.
A place with bitter cold winters and snow drifts the height of semi trailers.
A wise man once told me, "You never stay for the winter. That's stupid."
I wanted to fight him on it, and coming from somebody who loved the place as much as I did, I thought surely it was just a personal preference.
But I see now he was right...
And even more importantly, now I see that sometimes, you just have to let it go.
Mother nature is a cruel mistress and she won't save you just because you're in your island paradise...
She won't spare you just because you love it.
You won't be safe just because you feel like you're in heaven.
We've all lost something in the hills...
But you have to save yourself.
There's a time and a season.
You should go where life will at least be easier to survive on the most logical levels, like temperature.
The desert calls you...
Pick it up and tell it you're coming, because if you try to fight against it, the call won't be so gentle next time.
