I’m currently sitting in the lodge at Sundown Mountain!  Sundown is a ski resort in Iowa.  It’s not Colorado, but it gets the job done.  I haven’t been skiing in several years, and it’s amazing how fast everything comes back.  It’s like riding a bike, once you’ve learned, you can hop onto one anytime and pedal your heart out without needing to re-learn.   I’m by myself and have had plenty of time to think out on the slopes with just me, my Ipod and a “mountain.”  Today, Skiing has really related to my faith.  I don’t want to just ski, but go off jumps, and do things that the normal skier wouldn’t attempt.  What stands in the way of really pushing myself to the limits is fear of failing “Crashing,” and fear of looking dumb to everybody else when I fail.   So I can either be a coward and never try, or go for it.  The next problem comes after I go for it and start to take the jumps and riskier hills.  Inevitably I’m going to fail and crash and look dumb.  That’s when fear really tries to set in.  It’s just a matter of getting back up and realizing that the failure only serves as part of your teacher in reaching the level you really want to attain.