Journey through the roots of LifE in the nature within & all around!
What is your art of living? There can be many ways to answer this question. Maybe something comes to mind with ease, maybe many things come to mind, or maybe the answer to this feels overwhelming, confusing, or distant. Our art of living can change seasons and go through many transformations. This is how we show up for all the moments of our lives. The little things to the big things can be an expression of art, writing our story of who we are in everything we do. How you say hello, how you share a meal, how you sip water, how you go to sleep at night, and oh so many things may seem like simple, normal, essential things. Just ordinary actions. Many of which others may not see, hear, feel, or ever know, but your presence in those moments matter. Actually, they may matter the most. Who we are when we are alone is how we are most shaping all that we are. How we exist within, the rhythms of our mind, body, and spirit, our relationship with that is creating the flow of how we perceive the world around us and how we show up in that. Of course, many elements and factors can be far from our control, but choice and consciousness can be a powerful thing. Personally, I believe everything has roots and rhythms to it, a depth of energy that ripples out beyond what we can possibly perceive and measure. This is not to trigger further anxiety of “ahhh everything matters” and then, hello overthinking every little thing! This is to inspire, “wow, by existing right here, right now, on this Earth, I am a lifeform of energy with a mind, body, and spirit that can in some way shape the world around me”. This is a great power. Unfortunately, many do realize this and use that power to control the flow of life in ways that continue systematic cycles of primal compete, survive, and dominate. Instead of channeling power of purpose in a way that truly nurtures the art of living and experiencing the true magic of life. Life is naturally competitive, hard, and full of devastating moments, but may we not add to that in all the ways we can. May we transform those structures of being into constructive and creative pathways of co-creating a life of true meaning, joy, peace, love, and serenity. This does not mean all will be well. Life will always be life in its fullness; moments that bring us grief, moments that bring us gratitude, and everything in between. Nor is it to shame all that is competitive, primal, or systematic. All of these things are a part of who we are and have their place, but it is about how we show up with all of that and within the structures formed by it. It is about the choices we make and can make.