Tuesday, May 19, 2009
We all have moments when we think about how far we've come. Today I've thunk that thought again, but for once it's actually literal. Exuberance is, at this moment, making its way towards Everest Base Camp in Nepal!
Jennifer Brammer, sometimes columnist for Exuberance, is an inspiring, exuberant, fabulous woman who is also the Volunteer Director for Oxfam Canada. On her off-time, she is hiking towards Everest Base Camp. I've been able to keep up with her journey, and I am as always, completely inspired and amazed at her courage and chutzpah.
Jennifer has been keeping a chronicle of her experience for a blog series we'll be setting up on the Exuberance website this week. In the series we'll focus on our training for Oxfam's Trailwalker Event, which I have agreed to take part in....the craziness of me agreeing to this will become clear when I share more about the event!
Anyway, I digress ... I was writing about Princess Marrakesh's extravagant vacation at Everest. In Jennifer's email:
"I haven't looked at a mirror in 5 days. Being at 5500 metres altitude, hiking to the base camp of Mount Everest, my image doesn't seem that relevant.
Interestingly, I packed Exuberance Princess Marrakesh Facial Tonic, but no mirror. I think it is because I want to feel beautiful and that doesn't have everything to do with how I look. Rather, what I look at, how I see the world around me. If my focus is on my reflection in the mirror, do I see my beauty within as clearly?"
Now that's powerful message.. how the outer world can dictate how we feel about out own beauty, but how feeling beauty inside truly allows us to define ourselves as beautiful. And this in turn reflects outwards to the world. (thereby making us more externally beautiful, in one of those paradigms that makes life so interesting!)
Love it! We're spreading our Exuberance around the world! Hmmm.... maybe we should all start a gnome photo repeat, but instead of the gnome we'll position bottles of Exuberance in travel - as a chronicle and a representation of amazing women living their dreams! Anybody travelling soon? Send us your exuberant photos!
Incidentally, I told a friend that Jennifer was hiking Everest, and he said "no she's not, she's hiking to base camp. That's not hiking Everest". I disagreed - it isn't where you start on the mountain, it's the fact that you're on the mountain at all that counts. So, Jennifer..if you're reading this....you are now, to me, the fabulous women who hiked Everest and took exuberance along with you. And Exuberance, in this case, is defined not only as the name of our product, but the courage, passion, and power that got you there in the first place - and kept you hiking onwards! Viva l'Exuberance!
Jennifer Brammer, sometimes columnist for Exuberance, is an inspiring, exuberant, fabulous woman who is also the Volunteer Director for Oxfam Canada. On her off-time, she is hiking towards Everest Base Camp. I've been able to keep up with her journey, and I am as always, completely inspired and amazed at her courage and chutzpah.
Jennifer has been keeping a chronicle of her experience for a blog series we'll be setting up on the Exuberance website this week. In the series we'll focus on our training for Oxfam's Trailwalker Event, which I have agreed to take part in....the craziness of me agreeing to this will become clear when I share more about the event!
Anyway, I digress ... I was writing about Princess Marrakesh's extravagant vacation at Everest. In Jennifer's email:
"I haven't looked at a mirror in 5 days. Being at 5500 metres altitude, hiking to the base camp of Mount Everest, my image doesn't seem that relevant.
Interestingly, I packed Exuberance Princess Marrakesh Facial Tonic, but no mirror. I think it is because I want to feel beautiful and that doesn't have everything to do with how I look. Rather, what I look at, how I see the world around me. If my focus is on my reflection in the mirror, do I see my beauty within as clearly?"
Now that's powerful message.. how the outer world can dictate how we feel about out own beauty, but how feeling beauty inside truly allows us to define ourselves as beautiful. And this in turn reflects outwards to the world. (thereby making us more externally beautiful, in one of those paradigms that makes life so interesting!)
Love it! We're spreading our Exuberance around the world! Hmmm.... maybe we should all start a gnome photo repeat, but instead of the gnome we'll position bottles of Exuberance in travel - as a chronicle and a representation of amazing women living their dreams! Anybody travelling soon? Send us your exuberant photos!
Incidentally, I told a friend that Jennifer was hiking Everest, and he said "no she's not, she's hiking to base camp. That's not hiking Everest". I disagreed - it isn't where you start on the mountain, it's the fact that you're on the mountain at all that counts. So, Jennifer..if you're reading this....you are now, to me, the fabulous women who hiked Everest and took exuberance along with you. And Exuberance, in this case, is defined not only as the name of our product, but the courage, passion, and power that got you there in the first place - and kept you hiking onwards! Viva l'Exuberance!
posted by Jodi at
9:23 AM
1 Comments:
Yes, it's been quite a journey during these weeks in Nepal...The altititude has been challenging, especially when we trekked to 5500 metres elevation! We camped overnight a few hundred metres above base camp, and saw the sun rise over Mount Everest -glorious! I must say, it has been a treat to freshen up en route with your products - the altitude wrecks some havock on the skin, along with the harsh weather (extreme heat to freezing cold in a couple days!). I'm amazed at the resilience of people who actually climb mountains like Everest - there is something in the human spirit that is preciously powerful. I'm so inspired to catch a glimpse of it. xox
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