Places

I like to go places. New places. Familiar places. I love the beach. Don't love the dentist's office. Love travel to places I haven't been before. But there is another kind of place that I have been keenly aware of lately... my place. My place in the Universe. My place in the lives of my loved ones. My place with new friends...and old. As I lean into this, work to make some changes....there has been a shift in my place. My role. Sometimes I feel like a stranger in my own world. I am trying to quietly just observe my place while also trying to withhold judgment. Trying to hold my tongue for just a second longer. It is harder than it sounds. Especially since it is not who I was for a long time. I was never comfortable with quiet-I always had to be filling the air with words. My new place is one of slowing down. Breathing. Leaning. Working on patience. Finding my way. And loving the discoveries I am finding in these places. And loving my place.