If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees. ~Hal Borland
This past weekend {in the midst of face-to-face conversations, solitude and journaling in the rain} I felt as though something clicked within me. It was the cherry-on-top moment of being offline more {and more}, of abiding with words and pushing back against the pain of the past.
Daring to ask myself, “Why does this continue to capture my attention?” … “Why does this still hurt?”
Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love. ~Rainer Maria Rilke
What I realized …
The dragon I named, Rejection, is actually a princess named, Release.
I began to sit with Release. Abiding in the light and inhaling the peace-filled air … Breathing in deeply the ease of saying what I needed to say to myself, and to certain people in my life. Words that flowed from my spirit in love, but also in the purest form of Brave.
I pondered the rhythms of life and death — of dreams that come to be … and those that seemingly die but are actually transformed like a caterpillar to a butterfly — in the light from the full moon, so bright … there were shadows … A perfect visual for when I feel the presence of being followed by my own intentions awaiting their turn.
Nothing written here in over a week as I have been in the midst of these explorations … In some ways I feel as if I should have left a note, stating I would be back. But I suspect you already knew — and besides, you also know I routinely dismiss shoulds, Braveheart. 
This is an amazing new season of artistic experience and discovery for me. Right brain planning is leading me into a deeper commitment to prioritizing self-care, a commitment which is facilitating a more meaningful pursuit of my goals. That place I have been at so many other times … Times when something seemed {felt, was, demanded to be} more important, causing me to pause.
It is as though the daily rituals {required} for wellness revealed secret messages. Messages I would have only known through acceptance of what could not be changed — and daring inspirations of what could be changed.
Truth is revealed to those who abide, who live their questions … who cease striving. ~stargardener
… live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer. ~Rilke
What questions are you living today?
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