Recognize and Appreciate

Today, actually just a moment ago, I felt called to close my eyes and gently call myself to myself. I didn’t use fancy words (and anyone who knows me, knows I have them), I simply closed my eyes and felt the feeling of me coming like tingly particles, like a rain of all that is, entering and flooding me. I feel so grateful that this is possible for me. Over the years, I have practiced and practiced the art of feeling myself, having been taught as a teen. There has been a lot of discipline and consistency and it does feel good to practice like that. It feels like a framework. One of the byproducts is that on a day like today, when the experience begins to come, I appreciate it, I go to it, I savor it, I take my time for it. This experience is my best friend, my love, my mother, and is something that when I recognize and take time, even half a minute, rewards me, and brings me home. In this case, recognition and appreciation were the keys to my queendom. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I do not always (understatement) recognize the moments but when I do, I am grateful.

Image of me, in a moment,at Walden Pond. Photo credit: the pond and Erin or Matt McKay