With Eyes To See

I grew up a little town in Utah that sits just miles south of the Uintah mountain range. Many people who live in this area rely on this mountain range for food and water. It even serves as holy grounds to my brothers of the Ute tribe. Since the mountain range runs East and West, we also use it as a sort of compass; we always know the mountains are to the North. I spent a lot of time growing up in those mountains. They taught me a lot, shaped who I am today, and instilled in me a great respect for nature. I feel as if I have a stewardship over them and want to teach others to be respectful as well. Perhaps my fondest memories however were in the Pole Creek cave, which is found in this mountain range. At the very back of this cave is a body of water that almost seems to give off its own light. There was something oddly soothing, and almost spiritual about sitting next to this water in total darkness completely away from the world as most people know it. It was an escape. There, I was able to sit and think of the things that really matter, the most important things to me, without any distraction.