Running for Today

So, I need to prepare for the Dance. Or, rather, I desire to prepare, and I need to learn dancing. I think I am the only novice in the group. What is the most challenging in this situation? To take it lightly, and to breathe.

To work on the "gotta breathe" part, I added running to my routine. And though it never worked for me before (I would get a fever after a few days of jogging), I think my intention to enjoy it this time shall change the pattern.

The weather today was cooperating, and what started as a cool and rainy morning developed into a perfect sunny spring day. Nature was sharing the beauty of hers with anyone who would see and feel. The magnificence of blossoming trees against the bright skies, the tenderness of the early flowers surrounded by emerald fringe of grass, slowly moving waters with even slower moving fish by the banks, turtles bathing in the long awaited sunlight, birds, bumblebees... singing, moving, and breathing in unison, in perfect harmony and balance.

I started to let go; I had to, for one cannot be One with all, and still be worried, be attached to certain results, or expectations. As I allowed my beliefs about the physical shape to dissolve, I felt lighter with every step. At once, I felt how much support is offered to me - to you, to everyone of us - and that the only way to receive it is to ask and to step into the effort of doing it intentionally and passionately.

I aligned my body as taught on the dance floor, and, feeling more balanced, shifted to running on the balls of feet. With the newly obtained lightness of moving, I did not noticed how I reached my could-only-dream-about destination about three miles down the trail. Attracted to my happy smile, there came a butterfly. Its flight brought reassurance that the lightness of being is a virtue, and that infinite wisdom occupies the same space as wings, songs, and breath.

Every morning, choose your space wisely, step into your day respectfully, and move about your life lightly and joyfully. "Teach" your alarm clock to remind you about it every morning, and let me know how it works for you. If you find a single spark of inspiration in my writings, please support me, for it is for you that my experiences are shared here. If you did not find anything insightful for yourself today, come again tomorrow, or share the address with your friend, or two, for you may be the one who will change their life. Just let go of judgment, and breathe.