This lifestyle of “soft living” is a concept of choosing gratitude. Choosing quiet moments in the middle of a chaotic day, being deliberate with a practice for protecting time, space, and energy.  It is choosing rest, stability and ease. This lifestyle is choosing movement every day and taking care of myself without falling into the trap of health trends.

This balance is a challenge because sometimes it is hard to be accepting of what you receive because it is not EXACTLY what you had envisioned. 

When we attach our expectations and desires to a particular wave, we may suffer because we are attaching ourselves to what may not be.  When we live in harmony with the waves before us, we learn to embrace the ups and down, the truths and lies, the births and deaths.  We learn nothing is forever, and if we get thrown off, we have to get back on. 

For me these final weeks of summer create a liminal space. The space of the in between.  The space of knowing what is coming and where we have been. The space of contentment with the slow days of summer, with the transition on the horizon. 

Sitting with our true self is scary. What if we honestly see ourselves and not like who is looking back? What if we slow down enough and realize we are not happy?  What happens if those we spend all of our time doing for, don’t need us?

As the calendar turns to August I am starting to hear the “Sunday Scaries” of summer, “Summer is almost over!”

Actually- summer is 46 days in and we still have 40 days to go.

The grand plans I made last winter are no more.  But sometimes you need a groundhog to mix things up and teach you the lessons of loss, opportunity and potential.

live in the vivid.

live in the moment.

capture a moment in haiku!

allow your memories to be flooded with delight

This week we are headed out on a trip.  The quintessential road trip across the great plains of America, to the mountains of the west.  This is the drive and the excursions, not a destination.  There is a difference- and both are worthy.