Good Giving Up - Greenough Park, Missoula, Montana

"So often our focus is on supporting the identities and structures that were put in place for us by the more powerful damaged people in the family as caricatures of themselves. Giving up even one of these identities can be threatening to the organism. But the willingness to change comes when the pain of staying where you are is too great….”  -Anne Lamott, p. 212 of Almost Everything

 

Reflected,Identity, Clark Fork River, Missoula, Montana

The “M” on Mount Sentinel is part and parcel of Missoula’s identity - not quite the same way “M” contributes to the identity of James Bond, but still important. Peer closely to see the zig-zag trail leading up the the massive letter, & add it to your list of hikes when you visit the Garden City. (A half hour of heavy breathing never hurt anyone, right?)