sorcamc
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
So, this is sort of random, but hey, we're skiers. We can be a little random and that's ok. I ski at a small mountain in the Poconos and as joyful as that can be, it can get really old, really fast. There are 4 or 5 runs that I really love to do, but I am down from top to bottom in under a minute. Last week, I had the opportunity to ski a few days. My kids are old enough now that they can venture off on their own with their friends at this mountain and that is great. My hubby doesn't ski, so that leaves me solo if I don't see any of my mountain friends there.
This last week, on my first day skiing solo, I decided to check out some of the blues that I don't often ski on, just to change things up and focus on technique. I found lots of "me"s when I was learning to ski. People sprawled out all over the hill- full on yard sales, people half way down a headwall paralyzed in fear to continue, people that looked thoroughly confused about what to do next.
I made it a point to just STOP and help and it was SO SO rewarding. I'm not saying I'd never stopped to help a person before because of course I have, but I made a point to go out of my way to do it this time and it was great. I met some awesome people. I remember the first woman, probably in her late 20s early 30s and she was stopped sideways on the headwall. I came right up next to her and said, "you are terrified, aren't you?" She looked at me like with fearful eyes and said, "YES, I AM". I asked her if I could help her and she said, "PLEASE DO". I helped her down the hill turn by turn, slowly, but surely and hopefully gave her some pointers to help her grow her love of the sport. Her gratitude really inspired me to continue on helping people throughout the day. I have to say, it was one of my favorite ski days ever.
I think I got lucky because the people I stopped to talk to welcomed the help. I know some people might take offense to it, though. It's amazing what doing a small thing can do to lift people's spirits. I just saw the news of another shooting in FL, so I wanted to think happy thoughts and this was the one that came to mind. Happy Skiing!!!
This last week, on my first day skiing solo, I decided to check out some of the blues that I don't often ski on, just to change things up and focus on technique. I found lots of "me"s when I was learning to ski. People sprawled out all over the hill- full on yard sales, people half way down a headwall paralyzed in fear to continue, people that looked thoroughly confused about what to do next.
I made it a point to just STOP and help and it was SO SO rewarding. I'm not saying I'd never stopped to help a person before because of course I have, but I made a point to go out of my way to do it this time and it was great. I met some awesome people. I remember the first woman, probably in her late 20s early 30s and she was stopped sideways on the headwall. I came right up next to her and said, "you are terrified, aren't you?" She looked at me like with fearful eyes and said, "YES, I AM". I asked her if I could help her and she said, "PLEASE DO". I helped her down the hill turn by turn, slowly, but surely and hopefully gave her some pointers to help her grow her love of the sport. Her gratitude really inspired me to continue on helping people throughout the day. I have to say, it was one of my favorite ski days ever.
I think I got lucky because the people I stopped to talk to welcomed the help. I know some people might take offense to it, though. It's amazing what doing a small thing can do to lift people's spirits. I just saw the news of another shooting in FL, so I wanted to think happy thoughts and this was the one that came to mind. Happy Skiing!!!