When the Past Stops Leading
I wasn't braced. My body wasn't in defense. That's a shift I'll keep walking for.
There was a moment. It didn't feel like a revelation.
More like an exhale I didn't notice until it was halfway out.
I was walking a trail I'd hiked a dozen times before.
Same crunch of gravel. Same bend around the fallen cedar.
But this time, something was different. I wasn't braced.
No scanning. No racing thoughts. Just movement. Presence.
That's when I realized the past didn't have the reins that day.
My body wasn't in defense. It was just here.
Not every step is like that. But the fact that was one?
That's a shift I'll keep walking for.
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