07 | July | 2012 | Nurture Self 365

“You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.” George Lucas

This old plow is sitting in the north meadow on the family Stump Ranch in the Chilcotin – Central BC. We spread my Dad’s ashes here in 1986, a year after he died at the young age of 65. He loved this country so much that he retired to a 20 acre plot of land that has none of the modern conveniences that we take so for granted these days. He loved living as though he were a pioneer living off the land. He raised seven kids, worked a 9-5 job until he was 60 years old so that he could move back to the land he loved. Simple, understated, but so beautiful and peaceful. It does my soul good every time I visit.