Go Deep

I am such a blessed woman. Nearly every morning of the work week, I drive the block and a half to the lake near my house to apply my make-up for the day. It starts my day off in beauty and serenity. I’m able to sit in the stillness that only nature can provide.




As human beans, most of us live in a place of repetitive and conditioned thinking. Our minds take us back again and again to the broken record of repetitive thought. This is why I love coming to the lake each morning and immersing myself in the sights, sounds and smells of nature. That’s never a repetitive experience and here I am free to go beyond myself. The movement of the water, the tree branches, water grasses and the birds remind me of the ever-changingness of life.




There is a grey heron that seemingly waits for me every morning. Shortly after I arrive, he departs, but not before he has looked at me directly, admonishing me to go about my day with the awareness that it might be my last but also with the carefree light-heartedness as if it were my first. And then he flies away, leaving me to choose. I look forward every morning to my few moments with that bird. He reminds me that I can decide “how then shall I live”.




I challenge you to reach down DEEP, beyond thought…to that place that is still and free…free of the hamster-on-the-wheel repetitive thought, free of judgment…free to just be.

“Meditation brings wisdom, lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path to wisdom.”

Buddha