I love this time of year. Even today, while carrying a heavy pack to the base of the First Flatiron outside Boulder, sweating my tail off. I could feel just a hint of the change coming. Of course I also felt it in my joints and back, but I can tell the seasons are changing. My friend Matt and I were able to do 600 feet before noon and still get in some work. We had the most awesome talk about our faith. As climbers, we are surrounded by very liberal folks. I have no problem with people's different views, but I do get tired of everyone telling me I have to accept everything. I do see right and wrong in the world and my own life. As Matt said, we all have our crosses to carry, but it doesn't excuse us from doing the right thing. I feel like today there is zero accountability in the world. For the most part we operate in a self contained bubble doing our thing. Thats all fine and good, but speaking for myself, I NEED accountability or I just do what ever I like. I need to know right from wrong and realize that my actions have ramifications. To many times I see people making a mess of they're lives because of the limited vision we some time have. I don't always see the whole picture, in fact many days I don't. If Im hurting alot, I see the 2 feet in front of me and I try my best to get through the day. But I also know that day will pass and the choices I make will live on. Thats the part I try to remember, that the things I do today, WILL in fact have an impact on my family, faith, and just about every facet of my life. It's easy to miss that, to get caught up in the moment your in. I try hard to live each day to the fullest, but I also try hard to make the right choices and to realize those choices effect not just me, but the ones who love me. That I'm not in a bubble, that I'm on this journey to seek God, and to grow closer to Him each day. That my choices effect the way He sees me, and that makes me accountable. Even when no ones watching.