A Better View From Down Under (post by Kirk Weisler)

Here’s a few great thoughts from Australians.  Down Under Hope, Courage, and the Temptation to end the long toil of mortality.

“Hope is like a magic wand that whisks away your troubles and fulfills all your dreams and courage is like a golden key that opens a special door and gives you a brand new life.”  ~AINERE ANTHONEY

Sometimes the paths we take are long and hard, but remember those are often the ones that lead to the most beautiful views. Have the courage to make that journey.”  AINERE ANTHONEY

“Fallen into a crevasse: Exhausted, weak and chilled (for my hands were bare and pounds of snow had got inside my clothing) I hung with firm conviction that all was over except the passing. Below was a black chasm; it would be but the work of the moment to slip from the harness, then all the pain and toil would be over. It was a rare situation, a rare temptation – a chance to quit small things for great – to pass from the petty exploration of a planet to the contemplation of vaster worlds beyond. But there was all eternity for the last and, at its longest, the present would be but short. I felt better for the thought. ”  SIR DOUGLAS MAWSON, The Home of the Blizzard

Have hope on your journey, don’t be afraid of the harder path…. and when quitting might seem to be the easiest way out…don’t.  Remember quitting can be a forever thing whereas the current difficulties that we may dealing with will eventually pass away.  When it does, it will only be a memory and hopefully a lesson learned that propels you to a better place, with a better view.

Kirk Out