Holly & I just returned from 6 weeks in Mexico – warm beaches, the extraordinary colors of the sea, the love of my woman, new friends and old, playing at water sports and, not least, great eats! It was delightful. Yet more than any of this, there was that abiding peace.<\/p>\n
“Ernie” had his ups and downs, physical and emotional challenges, the old self-pity and wanting things to be different. Yet through it all, there was incredible peace. What a gift. How fortunate to be alive to experience it all. It is the aliveness I treasure most, not only the experiences (not all of which were pleasant). But to be ALIVE to experience – that’s the joy, and the source of this sweet peace.<\/p>\n
The entire vacation could be a model for a life lived outside of time. On the one hand, there were dashed expectations, unexpected challenges, long hours of free time and the counterpoint of sudden demands – all typical of any human life. But through it all, peace – peace in the understanding that time (and how things turn out) has little to offer someone fully alive and awake. <\/p>\n
This is what I’m feeling this beautiful morning! (It’s in the sunny 60s here on the coast in mid -January!) I feel enormous gratitude for life with all its “warts”, and love for everything just because it exists as it is. This must sound pollyanna in words, but in my heart it is as real as sunshine. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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