Monday, March 16, 2015

Stretch to Be

Saturday was a blur.  I fell asleep on a reclining deck chair, covered by a soft throw, bird songs, and feeling the wind and sun, as American poet Diane Ackerman’s words whorled around me, “I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it.  I want to have lived the width of it as well.”  When did I realize there is a width to my life?  Life width isn’t something we one day wake up understanding, and it’s not something someone else gives us.  Life width is “lived” by being fully engaged in the journey, and mindfully present to experience each moment as we stretch to be.  Today stretch to be!

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