As a climber and guy that drives a lot, I've been through numerous life threatening situations. I have survived all them, obviously, and learned something vital about myself in the process. I am grateful for all the times I came close to perishing and while they were all fun the first time, I do not need to repeat any of them.
The value of a near death experience for me is that it forces a rather large amount of perspective into my mind all at once. It's easy to lose perspective and let the daily stresses and struggles dominate my experience. When I contemplate the loss of my life, I reconnect with the value of my life.
The pursuit of near death experiences as a way to recharge the zest in one's life hardly seems sustainable. For the last few months, I've been working on reconnecting to the value of my life in a subtler and ultimately safer way.
During my day, I've begun to pay attention to the moments of well-being I feel, how fleeting they may be, and even the rarer times where I feel bliss.
For example, one week I was late for a meeting so Tania dropped me off downtown and took the car, instead of me dropping her off and using the car to get to and from my appoints all day. So I walked everywhere. Some of the segments between my meetings that day were quite far, but I frequently had those positive feelings.
As I've been logging these moments and searching for the patterns within, I'm piecing together a new concept for how I want to live my life going forward. The quieter voices, that sometimes get drowned out in the noise of a busy life, are sometimes the ones with the most to say.
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