When the Past Stops Leading

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 one was?
That's a shift I'll keep walking for.

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