Allowing the unfolding

Being in the now, being in the flow

I noticed the light shift a couple weeks ago. You know how it goes from the bright clear crispness of spring and summer into the warm glow of fall. It feels like this light shift happens earlier and earlier each year, but it also may be that every year I am becoming more and more intune with the environment, my surroundings, my own body, the people I am in relationship with and so am able to notice more nuances than before.

I know when people I care about aren’t (doing) well, without them telling me. It’s like another sense. I’ve always had this talent, and it is true it is stronger with some folks than others, not for any reason I can discern, and so I have been learning to stop trying to make sense of everything and just accept it as it is.

Some connections span beyond my understanding and logic. My bff and I met in high school, and weaved in and out of each other’s lives for decades, never being particularly close until sevenish years ago, and from there we have become closer and cl…