Comments on: Soul Shred: Coping in Alaska http://spreadstoke.com/snow/soul-shred-coping-alaska/ Thu, 09 Dec 2021 20:54:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.23 By: Casey Sowul http://spreadstoke.com/snow/soul-shred-coping-alaska/#comment-613 Sat, 09 Aug 2014 01:52:09 +0000 http://spreadstoke.com/?p=2587#comment-613 I’ve been really thinking a lot about the “soul shred” philosophy lately. All too often, we get caught up in getting outside just for an intense work-out, or get stressed that we’re not getting a big enough rush, or of not pushing oneself hard enough to progress the sport or oneself… but at the core of all that we do and love is the simple “having fun” of it all and enjoying the time we share together doing whatever it is we love in this life. Of being overwhelmed with pure happiness and of experiencing the literal stoke factor of being right there, in that moment, and enjoying the life that we’ve been given.

Thank you SO much for sharing this. Loss strikes us in a variety of places, losing both a friend and often losing that part of yourself. It always hurts. But by remembering all the magnificent reasons we live, love, laugh and breath, as you said, the struggle is always worth the pain. Here’s to Mike and all those who have influenced us to live larger lives and be better people than we would have been without them.

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