This is my favourite picture – it’s a photo I took of the view from the top of the Golden Ears’ West Canyon Trail. I hiked there this past summer with some family members, and although the quality of this picture is low, it’s really beautiful up there, especially in the morning. It took us two days to climb to the top, and we spent two nights camping. It was difficult, but I had a lot of fun, and took this picture on our last day on the mountain. Notice my mug of instant oatmeal in the bottom right corner.

“Every man’s heart one day beats its final beat. His lungs breathe their final breath. And if what that man did in his life makes the blood pulse through the bodies of others and makes them bleed deeper in something that’s larger than life, then his essence, his spirit, will be immortalized by the storytellers.” – Ultimate Warrior

This is my favourite motivational quote because it is a reassurance to me. My greatest fear is to be forgotten after my death, or even before it, to have done nothing at all worth remembering by time and by the future. I think this quote says something very true, because of the many stories of people in times past, kept because what they did was meaningful or relevant, important in some way. I also think it’s pretty funny, because Ultimate Warrior was a professional wrestler.

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