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Day Guide to Little Havana Miami

Day Guide to Little Havana Miami

Antoinette Lashley, 1 year ago 4 min read

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Imagine being 7000 ft above sea level. You've clim

Imagine being 7000 ft above sea level.
You've climbed 4 seasons in the past 6 hours.
A veil of clouds snake their way to earth behind you.
Ahead of you, a strip of ground as narrow as the white lines that divide highways;
A death drop hugging the left,
A short, craggy wall of loose earth to the right.

The dancing wildflowers, the curvaceous hills,
The air so clean you were tempted to lick it,
a distant memory.

Suddenly, you feel alone.
The heart that danced earlier has crawled to some space 6 feet under.
The body that was just alive and soul full
Enters rigor mortis.

A whisper floats in the space between you and the summit
Hand outstretched,
Eyes locked on you.

You can do this...
Come

A whimper rattles your lungs and drools.
The rigor gives way to tremor.
Eyes glossy,
Desperately trying to cage the glaring thoughts
"I'm gonna die!
I can't do this!"

Fear will shackle you into a prison of limitations.
It will tell you that the chains are the furthest you can go,
to tuck your tail between your legs, turn back and curl into the cold corner,
That the place that has always been "home" will always be home.

But that's a lie.
Chains can be broken.
Locks have keys.
A prison has a way of escape.

There's a field called freedom beyond your fears.
A hand still outstretched, waiting for you to grasp it
To walk across that strip of fear
Where He won't let the precipice claim you.

The truth is...you can do this.

You just need to trust that He will take you beyond what you can see.

We were only 2 hours in, and yet it felt like I wa

We were only 2 hours in, and yet it felt like I was lugging cement columns.

The euphoria of lush landscapes and rolling hills was beginning to fade.

The 24 other people we had started the hike with were nowhere in sight,

not even the porter who had my 30 lb hike bag.

Phil was somewhere behind me, trying not to let his own backpack take him out.

He didn’t look good;

Sweat freckled his pale face.

His hands were on his thighs as he tried to get a firm grip on breathing.

This hike…was a HIKE!

It made every other hike we ever did seem like mere strolls in gardens.

It was the hardest thing we’ve ever done together -

this 13,000-foot, 8-hour hike up Volcán de Acatenango.

A metaphor of our lives,

doing things that some of our closest friends didn’t want to do – entrepreneurship, this nomadic life.

Climbing for what feels like forever to get to the summit of our careers.

Crying, lamenting, and sometimes rethinking our decision to climb,

and being soothed by the landscape and beauty on the way,

finding moments to pause and look at how far we had come.

Sure, we don’t know how much further we have to go,

and we don’t exactly know what the summit will look like,

but the journey, though hard, though different, has beautiful moments.

And we have faith that the summit will be beautiful as well.

We’ll be different people when we arrive,

And we’ll be different people as we continue.

One year later, Acatenango greets us every morning,

a daily reminder that we didn’t give up. We did the hard thing, and we experienced the beauty of it all.

Whatever your Acatenango is - motherhood, entrepreneurship, relationship, the unconventional, the different…

Go!

And go with God!

A symphony called brunch with @wild.daughter

A symphony called brunch with @wild.daughter

"Trust me to use how I designed you. Don't let the

"Trust me to use how I designed you.
Don't let the enemy make you believe that your imperfections disqualify you.
I know the plans I have for you, and it included working all things together for the good of those who love Me and are called,
Yes, even THOSE imperfections.

Release the need to be perfect and allow Me to make your life blossom with purpose."

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.
Ephesians 2:10

[Save for the moments you forget WHO and WHOSE you are. Share with someone who'll make sure to remind you of His truth.]

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