Tag: Being Present

  • Return to Your Senses

    Return to Your Senses

    Nothing would be the same after that day…nor could I understand all the ways that was true. I was in a deep sleep when the phone trilled. Certain I had once again overslept; my nervous system launched its menagerie of physical sensations that expressed its state of panic as my mind quickly composed another version…

  • Rapt

    Rapt

    My encounters with eagles have historically been…well, complicated. Seeing one has always felt magical. But my earlier encounters often came with baggage that made them equally distressing. I grew up at a time when bald eagles were on the endangered species list. To see one was a rare experience. And it was precisely this fact…

  • Daily Walking Ever Closer to We

    Daily Walking Ever Closer to We

    I don’t often discuss spirituality, but I almost always want to. There are a lot of topics I can’t make meaningful contributions towards, and while I am not convinced I have much to add in the realm of spirituality, I am intensely drawn to it. It activates a curiosity in me that at times feels…