Entanglement

Last night, I watched a documentary on Netflix called Magnetic, directed by Thierry Donard (he's brilliant, look him up). From surfing the giant waves of Nazaré Canyon, Portugal to speed flying in the mountains of New Zealand, Donard captures elite daredevil athletes at the top of their game doing what they do best, and gives the viewer some of the most breathtaking scenes cinematography has ever given us. I encourage you to watch it, even if you have no interest in extreme sports! This amazing planet on which we live, truly is miraculous. Now, I'm no activist, but we really do need to take better care of her. All Native cultures know this instinctively and yet some dismiss them as primitive. I dare say they are more spiritually aware and evolved than modern day "civilization." Take a look around you...are we acting like responsible citizens of humanity, or are we behaving like sniveling children who don't know any better how to manage our emotions? Ever...

If there's one thing that this worldwide shit show has proven to me, it's just how fast Life as we know it can change. I'm fifty-two, clearly, I know how fast life can change, but n-o-t-h-i-n-g on this scale has happened in my lifetime. How many of us rode (or are still riding) the roller coaster of emotions in the days and weeks after COVID19 became a part of our daily vocabulary?! For me, it has become a chance to embrace, and practice living in the present moment. The one thing that I can control during these unprecedented times, are my feelings surrounding all of it...so I stopped the roller coaster and got off. I wake each morning and give thanks to God for Life, for the chance to spend another day with my beautiful daughters and our crazy Belgian Malinois. Starting each day with an expression of genuine thanksgiving sets a positive tone, keeps the demons at bay and I often experience overwhelming gratitude for little things: lilies in bloom, birds singing, cool mo...

God may sometimes seem slow answering your prayers, but He is never late.