|| #InGoodHands with The Present || Today marks the five year anniversary of #TheRestlessSouls blog. So, to mark the occasion, I am saying goodbye to it. • A year ago, I had just finished a two month bender through Mexico, Israel, and the Iberian peninsula after leaving my life in Chile. Back in the USA, I found my way across Texas, through a corner of New Mexico, and into Colorado. Hands on the steering wheel, I had nothing but time to reflect. • I was sick and lonely and ready for change. No more confusing the act of movement with actual progress. No more friendships borne of drinking and convenience. No more settling for what I was given instead of reaching for what I deserved. No more jumping ship when I felt cornered. That shit had run my life for too long and I was over it. I decided Denver would be my chance to live presently, one moment at a time. • When we tell ourselves we’re too busy, always late, and unable to commit- then we find evidence everywhere to confirm those beliefs. In the exact same way, if we believe ourselves to be independent, generous, and forgiving, then it will be so. What we believe internally, we seek externally to validate. I’m stressed, if I say so. You’re abundant in love, if you say so. We are whatever we believe we are, if we say so. • Knowing this gives us the freedom to leave our inhibiting stories in the past, right now. In this very moment we can decide to begin anew. If we’re going to choose life, we might as well be intentional with our words, be aware of our thoughts, and be loving in our actions. All together, they create our whole world and color our every interaction. • Now I see how that decision to live presently put an end to my metaphorical winter and ushered in an invincible summer. I was restless, because I thought/said/acted so. In the perfect space of NOW, I am not restless, I am grounded and wonder-full. I am not running from my past, I am striding towards my future. I am not afraid, I am awake. (at Bodhi Tree Yoga Resort) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bt3lsCIAq3R/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1aq8v0ewdt6ez