CONNECTION

Being together, side by side. Community. Connection to people, the natural world, and the greater good.

It’s enjoying each other and the world around us during the best of times. Other times, it’s diffusing tension to work through resistance and confusion in order to find opportunities in the open space that exists.

Today, tensions built, old wounds surfaced and difficult conversations arose. Although necessary and healing for all involved, I needed space and a way to move the energy, absorb what was valuable and shake off the rest. As I suited up for a run, Caspian, sensing that kinship was more powerful than solitude at that time, asked to join me. Our runs are so much more than clocking the distance. When we say we are going out for a run - that simple phrase has so many meanings - I’m letting off steam, I’m meeting up to be with others, I’m thinking, I’m reconnecting to a higher power, I’m seeking solace.

Caspian and I had a beautiful, relaxed run through the woods today.