It is a lie that "living" in the past or the future necessarily robs us of our ability to be fully present in the moment. Both past and future have the power to bring to us a more intense and powerful awareness of who we are right now. We cannot capture the present as might like through a deliberate act of intention or a force of focus: time will not be held or trapped. But our capacity for reflection and anticipation is a tool: we can use it to escape to excuse, to worry; or we can use it as a doorway to wisdom, appreciation and opportunity. And if we allow it to bring us this gift of heightened appreciation, we may find that what cannot be captured will in fact offer itself up willingly to an intensity of raw, passionate experience.
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Introduction
"Only that day dawns to which we are awake," wrote Thoreau. This blog, in words and pictures, is my attempt to be awake: to be alive to the mystery of life. It is an exercise in gratitude and wonder, and an open invitation to beauty. Archives
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