Thoughts I have been going over in my head the passed weeks.
The facts are undeniable, even when we deny the truths in life it doesn’t make them any less true. What lies do we tell ourselves and others that are just that? How can we confront the truths of the world to give our lives value and bring value to others? To me the the hard actions we confront to make real change in the world are the ones that matter. Not the ones that make ourselves feel better in the moment. Meaning well doesn’t make it well. In my world Im naming this facts vs fiction thinking which is probably already called something else by someone else. #adulting2022
It seems just when I let go the universe works it’s magic and it all comes together. To be open and share my pain being received by such warmth and soft words is new to me. It’s new to be held when I was hurting, to be reminded I’m not crazy, to be told I’m capable, to be reminded I’m no less of a man or a Cassidy because I don’t have it all together sometimes. It’s amazing how a little bit of love and being seen can heal years of trauma bringing so much self confidence. I silently fought to be here, I survived! There is so much power in being held and understood, thank you to the slackline community for sharing this gift.
Little did I know on the exact day 2 years ago I stood on a 90m highline in New Zealand terrified thinking “This is not for me, no way I’ll ever walk a highline this scary.” I got off thinking I’m not capable of this, leave it to the Frenchies.. This passed weekend was one of those magical moments of letting go, with each step I breathed deeply and felt calm, when it got hard and I felt like giving up I yelled and gave it my all. Never really balanced but finding balance somewhere in between the calm moments and terrifying moments. Idk how many times I fell but I started at one end of a 90m highline and ended at the other end. It was so clear this was impossible just two years before and now with so much persistence, support and breath it’s possible! Highline’s are a great teacher to show us we are capable of so much more than we can imagine. // 📸 @tyler.smitty #slacklife #exploretolive #community #depressionawareness
Creativity comes with little money, New Zealand 2016: After the car I was living out of stopped working. It was time to seek new transportation. The car was still an asset to sleep in, parked next to a hostel overviewing the Queenstown lake front with a short walk to the city center and use of all the hostels amenities. A bicycle took days to reach a destination, I wanted to go fast! Hitch hiking limited where you could go, I wanted to go off the beaten path! A motorcycle could do all these things but cost 5 times my net worth, I had little money.
The solution: Meet Auroa the moped a 1992 Yamaha Raz purchased for $200 with the top speed of 35mph. Take an old rolling cart, build a box on top and all the camping gear and food one would need is in tow. That was the idea.. After the diy trailer was built I drove away with trailer in tow with so much excitement thinking “wow this is actually working!”. Until I rode through the first round about forgetting about the trailer, it flipped over making a big slam on its side, so loud a kiwi women came outside talking in traditional slang translating to “what are you doing mate?”. After picking up the things that flew all over the road, we where off again! Until 5 minutes later we get pulled over by the police.. after some kiwi slang was exchanged that translated to “what are you doing mate?”. I showed him a printed out paper and slight gray area saying “no object may protrude off a moped for than one meter”, the trailer was built within these strict regulations :). With a lack of excitement he let us our merry adventurous way suggesting I put the moped license plate on the back of the trailer.
Needless to say after the first hour driving this diy contraption many adventures where ahead! Stay tuned for another post or two on future adventures of Auroa and Cassidy. // #adventuresoul #exploretocreate #mopedlife
Almost walked 70m without falling, yelled a bit, only checked the knot 10 times, learning to trust myself a little more, woke up with the sun warmth on the tent, felt included with my friends, going to say highling this weekend was the equivalent of 3 months of therapy. #winning 📸@stevegriggs // #slackline #exploretocreate #adventuresoul
Dear kind one,
Never did I think it was possible to be so close to such a beautiful and phenomenal woman and be fully plutonic.
You have held and nurtured me when I was scared and crying reminding me I was no less of a man for it, when I was depressed and in bed without eating for two days you got me outside and cooked delicious Polish food, in acro you trusted me with your body high in the air teaching me trust in myself, you listened to my breakup pain when I felt like a crazy person letting me know it was ok. Thank you for sharing your time and showing me I’m worthy of great love and compassion. @slacknessmonster // #bossbabe #womenwhoexplore #bestfriend
Remembering to surrender to serendipity, to let things happen and good things will happen. Faith and sweat go well together. It seems to happen after you work really hard and just let go. // #adventurealways #vanlife #exploretocreate
Adventure is more than escaping for the weekend or doing something crazy. It's following intuition that often leads nowhere in particular with no real good reason but "that looks interesting, let's go". It often leads to beautiful moments and passionate people whom a picture or words doesn't do justice. Whether it's micro adventures after work taking a random road in search of sunset or heading off around the world to where you become the odd looking person with that funny American accent making funny gestures to communicate. Viewing all of life's moments for the beautiful sunsets and challenging times as adventures is damn educational fun! // #adventurethatislife #exploretocreate
A community of friends supporting each other can make a world of difference. Eternally grateful to this community of kind hearted, boundary pushing, fun having, pancake making, high fiveing, tightrope waking, motivational humans called friends and highliners. // #liveunbound #yosemite #highline #exploretocreate #adventurelife
When something seems impossible it’s time to go watch the sunset and be reminded of the beauty that unfolds by sitting back and watching nature do it’s thing. Snap by @alonsorodriguez143 // #exploretocreate #yosemite #livedeeply #adventurethatislife
