{"id":2030,"date":"2010-08-31T14:09:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-31T21:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janaremy.com\/?p=2030"},"modified":"2010-08-31T14:09:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-31T21:09:00","slug":"one-step-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2010\/08\/31\/one-step-at-a-time\/","title":{"rendered":"one step at a time"},"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\/4872792127\/\" title=\"photo sharing\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4114\/4872792127_41421d0cc2.jpg\" class=\"flickr-photo\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\t<span class=\"flickr-caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pilgrimgirl\/4872792127\/\">On the wall at the ARC<\/a>, originally uploaded by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/pilgrimgirl\/\">pilgrimgirl<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"flickr-yourcomment\">\tI&#8217;m horribly afraid of heights.  So much so that when I find myself in a high place, I&#8217;m tempted to just jump because I want the fear to end.  Completely irrational, but that&#8217;s how it feels.<\/p>\n<p>So given my fear, rock climbing is just crazy.  But I kind of love it anyways.  When I&#8217;m up on that wall and my heart is pounding so hard from fear, and every muscle is straining&#8230;it gives quite an adrenaline rush.<\/p>\n<p>But I never look down and I never look too far ahead.  I stay focused on the place where I am and the next step.  I look for the nearby holds rather than looking back or down.<\/p>\n<p>Though as a historian I tend to have an obsession with the past, in my own life I&#8217;m learning the importance of being present in the here and now.  Rock climbing is a good reminder of that important lesson.  When I concentrate on the very place where I am, the fear of what&#8217;s below or ahead just drops away.<\/p>\n<p><i>Note: Catgirl is on one face of the wall and I&#8217;m on the other.  \ud83d\ude42<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the wall at the ARC, originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl. I&#8217;m horribly afraid of heights. So much so that when I find myself in a high place, I&#8217;m tempted to just jump because I want the fear to end. Completely irrational, but that&#8217;s how it feels. So given my fear, rock climbing is just crazy. 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