Foundation and Connection

 Perhaps it's boredom, or an unsatisfied need to write, but once again I dig out my blog, blow the dust off of the cover and page through. I smile at the previous posts that I loved creating, cringe at some of the naivete, and in general reminisce on times gone by. It's mind-boggling to look at the dates on the posts and see the stark difference and how foreign my life was compared to today. I must say though, I much prefer my life now to back then. Even if my joints creak a bit more and I make an involuntary groan when I bend over, I wouldn't trade the wisdom I've acquired along the way for just about anything. 

I've heard people say that your 30's are best, because it's like your 20's but with money. I have to laugh at this a bit though, considering the current state of inflation and just life in general post-COVID19. Much like how 9/11 changed the world forever, so to has one tiny little virus. We are much more isolated than we were before, having traded community and comradery for being safe from all the germs and potential transmission that could take place in our now heavily guarded safe havens. We more highly value sterile, clean environments and separation. On the one hand, I don't blame anyone, that was a very fear-invoking time and for something that we largely couldn't control, we sought to grasp for any ounce of control and the one that was most efficient was sanitation and isolation. 

My one fear though is that, with each national (or global) trauma we face, we push ourselves a little further away from allowing ourselves to be what we were born to be - human. 

We were meant to connect: with each other, with animals, with earth, the sky. Connect with ourselves. We are meant to be apart of this great network of being alive, not separate of above it, but with it. My hope in the coming years is to explore ways to reconnect myself with life and live more deeply and purposefully, and hopefully along the way I will be able to impart some wisdom and inspiration in others along the way.