I enjoy watching cycling videos – both the races and the travels to far-flung places. Today it was Cairngorms: A Scottish Adventure. Jenny Graham and Mark Beaumont set off to the Highlands.

It’s a bittersweet viewing for me. Riding over rugged terrain is not in my life. Any cycling is now a thing of the past. But look at the beauty here:

I remember the mountains of Canada … being immersed in them on overnight trips, feeling the strength of my legs as I climbed to the passes.

I watch Jenny and Mark bounce over rocks on single track trails. Donning rainsuits as the torrent descends, struggling to light their tiny campstove. And smiling!

I hear the adventure in their voices. I see the light in Jenny’s face:

And that light is mine as well. The mountain peaks of the soul. The wide open spaces of the mind. The beholding of divinity in the folks passing by. No less of an adventure.

May we all soar