Mindful Mountain Climbers Gifts

"Sorry I'm late - I got caught in another avalanche."

'Let's start out with cliches and pithy slogans - and work our way up to wisdom ...OK?'

"I'm TRYING to extinguish my ego, but I feel so CONSPICUOUS up here!"

"WOW, we're on top of the world!"

'I suppose you're entitled to your opinion, but I still say that Shemp was the greatest of them all.'

'Let me remind you that any advice you receive is protected by copyright and I retain all rights therein.'

'This is no time to start wondering whether you turned off the oven!

'By George, this one I think I'm going to like!'

Just think of meditation as "mental floss." (Published previously on 3/17/2006.)

"He went to an alternative therapy seminar to find ways of reducing his stress levels..."

'No, even I don't know the secret of golf.'

SELF-ESTEEM CLINIC, 'The little-bitty door is a nice touch.'

"The meaning of life is cats."

'Oh, he's pretty wise -- I clerked for him.'

'This ladder is rotten!'

"Oh great!...He;s a fitness guru!!"

'I just attained enlightenment, guys! - GROUP HUG!'

A man seeking wisdom from a bee at the top of a mountain

'We only get an hour for lunch, so your best bet is to brown-bag it.'

'Well, you'll just have to CONTROL your urge to yodel!'

'Why am I so depressed? Because I'm so enlightened, that's why!'

"Oops! Sorry about that! Hey, real quick. . . what is the meaning of life?"

Man knitting to other: 'My doctor prescribed golf to get my mind off business, then tennis to get my mind off golf, then bowling to get ...'

"Hey—this is the quiet trail!"

"Looks like Goopta just has a major paradigm shift."

'I only come here to let my slinky go.'

"Did you think the ladder of success would be straight up?"

"Truth is - it's all downhill from here."

'We only get an hour for lunch, so your best bet is to brown-bag it.'

"Stay medicated."

Oh, that's Alayna - She's into extreme meditation.

North South.

"Charley, we're so high that the thin air up here won't carry the weight of your bullet."

'I don't see why Tibet needs a census!'

Climber approaching guru, sign above says 'Subsidiary of Google'.