Last night I was really scared. It took a lot of courage to calm my fears and figure out that everything was going to be okay.
Currently the resort I am working at is closed for the season. I am the only person living in a 30 room lodge on 150 acres in the Southern Chilcotin Mountains of British Columbia. My 19-year-old son Brock is working with me for a few months and is living in a chalet close to the lodge. The property is remote, neighbours non-existent and sometimes I find it quite spooky at night. We always stay in contact via radios.
At 2am my radio started making noises. My first thought was that Brock was in trouble. I started to sweat as I thought about bears and burglars. When I tried to contact him my radio went dead. Now I had to make a decision to leave the safety of my room and either walk up to the chalet or go find another radio.
Armed with my Swiss army knife and some bear spray I skulked upstairs to the bar and found a radio that worked. I kept telling myself to stay calm and everything would be alright. Brock ended up being fine but did admit to being awake for some strange reason.
I was relieved but unnerved by this incident. Eventually I calmed down when one of my favourite quotes came to mind…
“Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.” Anonymous
Last night I chose to believe that everything would be okay – and it was. And today while out exploring I not only felt that everything would be okay but in fact life is good!
May 1, 2011
You be careful out there Cuz. I love reading your adventurous tales – as well as your writing style. It’s descriptive in a way it’s as though I was there. And being where you’re at I actually wish I was there.
Now the way you set up this tale sort of freaked me out – had sort of a Jack Nicholson in “The Shining” feel to it. A movie I only saw once and it was but a few years ago – still kind of freaks me out when I think of it.
Take Care “Nature Girl”
Andruska