Dance With Nature

In the silence and stillness of the desert

From Within Expressed Out

I merge with nature

I fall in love every time I venture into my Cactus forest.
What happens when I walk onto the trail, take my full breath, and walk deeper into the hills, away from the concrete buildings and my mental structures; worries, the need to figure things out, and daily concern, the incessant chatter?

Every step I take, feeling and hearing the crunch of gravel beneath my feet, ignites an inner light within me. A small animal nearby is shuffling and sniffing for food as its feet scurry along the rocky crevices, and I can hear the wind playing its melody in the Saguaro cactus ridges. Birdsongs trigger my own audible, pleasurable coo, and then, in an instant, a memory of a happy moment will emerge from within, and I will fall in love.

During one of my most recent backcountry adventures, I was reminded of the life I had once imagined—one in which I could go for walks, meander, and saunter any day of the week. I long ago refused to spend my days cooped up behind a desk in an office doing routine, comfortable work. The future moment, my now moment would come to life as I would gaze out the window and listen to the sounds of the birds.

“Our own visions and dreams have their own plan and power of fulfillment.” Neville Goddard

I worried a lot, doubted myself, and became consumed with figuring out "how this is going to happen." Even so, my initial desire, declaration, and surrender to that imagined state, trusting it to carry out its fulfillment, remained unwavering. Mentally, yes, but every time I went back to the silence and remembered the truth about who I am, the "magic" persisted.
Wish Fulfilled