Given Freely
Every leaf falls at its own pace. Accidents happen, and turn our lives upside down. We become aware more often in the sudden and unexpected, unless we take time to listen to our everydayness, take time with the pace, not get paced. Recently returning to the Examen , I've found myself far more in touch with something internal and less disconnected from my family, far less likely to jump ahead in time, make assumptions, and let my emotions lead me. Instead, I am slowly relearning how to read myself, my daily situations, and others, pausing long enough to do this, and become more aware. I find so many think their own realities are the real ones, and others fake or wrong, but that’s our human problem—that we cannot see and won’t acknowledge the many facets of truth in reality, and have chosen to live for so long in surreality that it’s too hard to step out of it. That is, until you do step out, and then spend some time being in that space, not counting on the cues and tools that set y...