7 Days

So I just picked up this book from the library, as a suggestion from a client of mine, called Peaks and Valleys - Making Good and Bad Times Work for you - at Work and in Life. If you haven't read it, I recommend it. The book is short, to the point, and pretty meaningful.

Check out this quote from the author Spencer Johnson, M.D.
The Path Out of the Valley Appears When you Choose to See Things Differently

In the book he talks about being in the valley as when we are experiencing hard times and being on the peak as when we are experiencing good times. It got me thinking, is this experiment I am doing considered valley time or peak time? I really can't answer that question right now and here is why.

I would say it is a peak time because I am learning so much, meeting wonderful people and viewing our world, my world, differently. These are all great and positive examples that would lend me to believe I am on top of the peak.

However, I am also in a season of reflection. Reflection about things I don't like about myself, actions I would consider "bad" and habits I want to break. I would then assume I am in the valley.

I guess, all in all, maybe I am on the way out of the valley and heading up to the top of the peak through this experiment. In that case - I would have to say this is a good thing and I am grateful for it.

Here is my challenge to you - are you living in a valley right now or at the top of a peak? Ask yourself what that means to you and where you want to be.

I guess the real quest of living, as the author quoted above, is to see things differently (read - more positively) no matter where you are because inevitably we all will be in the valley and on top of the peak many times throughout our lives.

Here's to the climb folks.