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Friday Flow 10/30
This is for us who want to run, laugh, and play. For those who have forgotten, we have so much more to say- GK
I want to be free like a kid again. Those days when every decision I made was based on the notion of fun and nothing else mattered. Whatever happened to those days when fun in life was associated with getting muddy, scraping your knees, and getting lost in the discovery of the world?
As I watch my daughter grow, I am reminded not to pin my views of life on her creation of the world. I want her to discover life through her own set of rules that allows her to express her true voice and character. That is to say, I want to guide her in a healthy direction while showing that her voice will always matter.
I don’t know why I was thinking about this particular thing in life, but maybe it is because I am connecting with the lost boy who was caught in the middle of divorce many moons ago. I remember struggling as a young boy, and in my meditation today before this flow, I made a promise to myself to be done being someone I am not.
As I get closer to seeing my book come to life, I am becoming my book. It’s an interesting experience because there is a saying in Sanskrit “ tat tvam asi” which means, you are that or that you are. In essence, I am one with the experience I create. Writing a book is changing me, and it is not an easy thing to…