a different way of seeing

Back-to-back hikes the past two days gifted the healing power of flowers. Purple ones, blue ones, white ones, yellow ones, pink ones, fringed ones, striped ones with waves of wild blue phlox fragrance wafting on the breeze. That mixture of jasmine and lavender smell is intoxicating, or seems to be, as I wandered through woodlands laughing with joy.

Today I forgot my phone in the car. I use it as a backup camera for my Nikon or take videos with it. There were so many videos I wanted to take today and yet, it was very freeing not having that distraction. There was no cell service, so not from texts or anything, but just another gadget to keep up with. Somehow not having it freed me to be more present and open to a different way of seeing. A different way of being and more available to listen…to the wind stirring the forest, the bees buzzing, to the heart of the mountains as they whispered…Welcome Home.