{"id":1921,"date":"2009-12-03T06:54:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-03T06:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janaremy.com\/?p=1921"},"modified":"2009-12-03T06:54:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-03T06:54:00","slug":"what-lies-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2009\/12\/03\/what-lies-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"what lies ahead&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }<\/style>\n<div class=\"flickr-frame\">\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pilgrimgirl\/4088747750\/\" title=\"photo sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2514\/4088747750_7f1ea34819.jpg\" class=\"flickr-photo\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\t<span class=\"flickr-caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pilgrimgirl\/4088747750\/\">woodland walk<\/a>, originally uploaded by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/pilgrimgirl\/\">pilgrimgirl<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"flickr-yourcomment\">\tThis morning I had a flashback to when I <a href=\"http:\/\/pilgrimgirl.blogspot.com\/2009\/09\/catalina-crossing.html\">paddled to Catalina<\/a> earlier this year.  Some friends said that they&#8217;d pick me up at the island airport and fly me home (yay, friends!).  In order to make the connection to meet them at the airport that&#8217;s up on the highest point of the island, I caught the last shuttle of the day up there.  As the driver dropped me off at the airport he looked at me like I was a bit crazy.  Clouds were rolling in around us &#038; he warned me that small planes might not be able to land.  So there I was, exhausted from my 5 hour race and toting a bit of gear, my paddle, and a pair of crutches (in case my fake leg had come off &#038; floated away in the ocean or something like that).  If my friends couldn&#8217;t land, I&#8217;d be sleeping on a bench (assuming that they&#8217;d let me do that).  But I just figured it would work out.  And it did&#8211;a gap in the clouds opening up just long enough for Graham to land and for us to be on our way home.  And how thrilling that was!<\/p>\n<p>So this morning I had another moment where I had that same sort of feeling, where I had to surrender the outcome of the situation to the universe.  And hoping that if worse came to worse, I could probably find some kindly soul to lend a hand.<\/p>\n<p>I feel like that&#8217;s an important lesson for me to learn&#8211;that I can&#8217;t always control the variables of my life, nor should I always try to do so.  I just need to make my best effort and then let life happen without fretting too much about the worst-case-scenario.  <\/p>\n<p>What lessons has your life taught you lately?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>woodland walk, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl. This morning I had a flashback to when I paddled to Catalina earlier this year. Some friends said that they&#8217;d pick me up at the island airport and fly me home (yay, friends!). 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