a few years ago, I wrote on my other blog about a hike I took up the steep path that makes my heart beat so fast I can hear nothing else, up past the old fallen down shack, along the stone wall, the sudden opening at the top to an overlook…up high along the ridge through a forest, up and up and up and when I got back down the mountain, I realized I had not paid attention to one moment. I had been stuck and swirling in my head the whole time. So I turned around and rehiked the whole hike. Mindfully aware of each footfall, each inhalation, the burning in my legs.
and I felt so grateful.
today is a day I want to rehike. I want to re-enter my morning waking with awareness and gratitude. I want to watch the sky change from gray to bits of blue. I want to notice the air warming, the need for a sweater this morning, changed now to a need to shed. I want to go back and embrace this day differently.
I cannot go back, but I can go forward, embracing this day differently. I can look up and out. I can seek out the comfortable places, and stop poking the sore ones. I can choose something different right now.
So I will.
So I am.
