Dear Cali Chica:

Very well said. And there is so much more that one can see climbing a mountain, so much that cannot be seen going up the elevator and looking from above. And you can feel your feet touching the ground as you climb, the rocks and earth and see the plants, all that you cannot see going up the elevator.

I can expand this image: going up the elevator with your husband by your side, you look outside the window of the elevator, away from your husband. You don’t see him or hear him or feel him anymore than you experience the other people in the elevator.

But if you climb the mountain with him, it is only you and him, you hold his hand and look at him as he helps you get over a particular steep area and he looks at you as you hold something for him when he needs help, and you hear each other breathe as you exert yourself, encourage each other when tired.. a different kind of experience.

anita