Do you take yourself too seriously?

There are a million articles about the soul of skiing. Is it being lost? Is it more abundant now than ever before? What is the cause of either of these scenarios?

In my personal oppinion, people take themselves too seriously a lot of the time. It's way too easy to get wrapped up in trying to become something or trying to do something. The only motivation for this that I could dig out was that there would be some sort of happiness by becoming 'pro'. But if your motivations are purely to become 'pro' than whenever it happens I'm sure it will certainly fall short of your expectations. The best skiers in the world wouldn't be the best for long if their motivations to keep pushing didn't have to do with loving what they are doing and loving being on the mountain. Why is there a need to try to be something? just be who you are and do what you enjoy.

Why does what someone is doing or what someone else is saying have to be a concern? It shouldn't be. This is where the 'soul' is being lost. These are the people, that no matter what their level of success,will always fall short of their dreams. These are the kids that flip out and start a fight with the new guy that cut them off (ive certainly been that guy, its a waste of your energy), these are the kids that come on here and dis people that are pro only because they think they are better than them and that they should be the person getting paid to ski. Well, heres a newsflash. No matter how good someone is, if they are getting paid its for a reason.

Heres something to think about. Where does all the anger come from? Do you remember when you first started skiing and you could make parallel turns or when you skied that run you had never skied before? How about your first 360? Those days you were invincible, no one could bring you down. You were in touch with the true reason you started skiing, pure enjoyment. No one could ruin that day. No single gorby could cut you off and put you in a bad mood. So where does that love go? it's still there, just look.

Those are where I see the loss of soul. But in more abundance I see a mountain full of happy faces. When I go up the mountain, I see the same kids everyday whether its crappy out or not they are there because there is nothing they would rather be doing no matter how bad out it is. Whether they become pro or not, they love everyday. Those are the people that when they do become pro succeed to the highest level.

So since when did image and attitude become part of the reason why you ski? dont let it. enjoy the day.
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Did you know the pen is stronger than the knife. And did you know that they can kill you once but they cant kill you twice. Did you know destruction of the flesh is not the ending of life, fear not of the anti christ. Did you know that I exist before the earth and did you know my eyes are windows to the world...Your body is just a vehicle transporting the soul, it whats inside the vehicle is beauty to behold...It was written up in the book of life.