Hi friends,
Over the past month, I’ve been traveling, traveling for work, working, and traveling again. As someone who tends to be quite a homebody, this was a lot of travel for me!
First, I was away in Phoenix celebrating my eldest niece’s graduation from high school.
From there I went to Colorado Springs to visit my long-time collaborator Kevin Knapp at Tierra Plan to put the final touches on an interactive museum exhibit.
Here are some photos of the Ute Homeland display that we were honored to work on with the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum. It’s intended for large screens at the museum, but you can take a peek on other devices here.
Then I was home for a week, then off again with my husband’s family for a long-planned, COVID-delayed trip to Paris for my in-laws 50th (now 55th) anniversary.
As life settles back into its comfortable patterns, I’m reflecting on what I’ve been learning recently.
Travel teaches us in vivid ways the balance of setting intentions and letting things go. Of course, everything in life teaches this balance—business, creativity, relationships. This moment in time is a great teacher too, as the world feels especially wobbly.
There’s no way to control outcomes in any of these things. There’s no way to put solid ground under our feet and know for sure we’re going the right way. And yet, to live fully, we must try to let go of our instincts to protect ourselves and simply move forward anyway.
Of course, it’s helpful if the person at the front of the duckling row (and we’re all at the front of our own duckling rows) has some idea about where they’re headed. It’s helpful to identify our intentions so we can put regular practices in place that help us grow in those directions.
What does the letting go look like? I think it starts by gently getting in touch with our feelings of uncertainty about what we’re doing. When we can stay with that messy discomfort, we get better at keeping our hearts and minds open.
Funnily enough, it’s our openness that allows us to more easily live our true intentions. The best things in life happen when we’re not trying to force them.
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Anyhoo…
Thanks for following along on this ramble.
Whatever you’re up to this summer, I hope you’re being kind to wonderful you.
xo,