Philippe’s rigourous training for this walk took place mostly in a quiet meadow. When he was there he would visualise the twin towers & the the city below him with its noise & distractions. When he was on the actual walk he brought himself back to the quite & peacefulness of that meadow. There was method to his madness & to his training.  He was able to use powerful visualisations to help him prepare & when doing the actual walk, keep him focused on the job at hand. But truly inspiring part for me is that Philippe had a crazy dream & he was willing to sacrifice his life to achieve it.

The other interesting piece to this is his regime of training to prepare for all scenairos (ok it was a life or death scenario so he had to!) Philippe had to prepare for all eventualities. His friends would shake the wire vigorously, he practised in all types of weather, the worst the better. One of my favoutite lines from this book is  “He laughed into the teeth of the wind”.

So the path I normally walk up,  I had to come back down. For a moment I thought I had wandered onto a different route (as my mind was busy with thoughts of what to write for my next post here!!)  The path looked totally different.  I am a great believer of enjoying the moment we are in, especially when out in nature.  On my normal path the trees seem straight & unattractive really. But on this path, the trees seemed to be leaning back & inviting me back down the way. It struck me that I had never walked down this path & my perspective from this angle was completely different.

Just by observing something from a different angle can give you a whole new look & feeling for a situation. Sometimes it may seem difficult to get this perspective but if you can, it can help you to get unstuck & start going again.