A Deep Breath and a Look Around

There is magic in opening yourself up to other people. To being vulnerable in their presence. To welcome them into your life.

I get so busy and so focused on all of the minutia of daily life. The routines, the tasks, the comings and goings. I barely look up from my journey to look around and see the beautiful faces around me who are also pointing inward...just getting through the day or trying to be "better" tomorrow.

But there are those rare moments when I look up and I've landed in the middle of the humans. They're messy and striving and afraid...just like I am. And for a moment, I'm not working on being better, I'm just there with them.

In that shared moment, I'm reminded of the point of all this. It's not to accomplish some thing that's at the end of a big plan. It's to connect. To love. To be a part of something beautiful in during my short, impermanent life.

I did something hard today. And the people were there to hold me and share their strength and light. This is how we we were meant to live.