Sacred Moments

I woke in the mid-80’s standing on a branch at the top of a 120 foot pine tree in Grass Valley, CA.  It’s a bit like riding a gentle ocean wave, as the top sways with the hot wind.  There are 15 of us in a Project Adventure training week, gaining insight into experienced based learning, and ourselves.  I step off into space and immediately feel the rope catch in the carabineer at my waist.  I’d rappelled out of helicopters in the Army, but never with a Navajo belaying my journey.  My team is all Navajo school teachers, and I learned more about life and myself through them than our trainer.  They taught me everything is sacred from the tiny bluebird to majestic pine tree, and living with the sacred opens us up to each moment.  Today, be open to sacred moments.