Tag: Receptive

  • 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…

  • Silent: Listen by Another Name

    Silent: Listen by Another Name

    I had no way of knowing what awaited us. Unwittingly, with our recent residential move, we traded in a constancy of sound for a sentinel of silence. During our first few days in the new house, I often found myself passing a whole hour within its void. The presence of absence felt pervasive, and my…