Why Filtering Your Water is Not Enough  (a/k/a How to Clean Up Your Inner Aquarium)

I used to worry that no one would marry me if they saw my scar. I covered up the scar, as best I could, at first. I am now a woman who has walked the earth for many more years scarred, than un-scarred. I hide it no longer.

Fear limits our vision. It freezes us. It keeps us living small, safe, yet anxious lives. When we cast fear aside however, we become open to the possibilities of exhilaration and a new level of living.

I’m happy that I made it through. Admittedly, it hit me like a Mack truck. And I’m usually healthy as a horse. But I have no regrets.

Emails don’t create this kind of awe and wonder. The four walls around us inspire no amount of surprise or joy. We can re-enter childlike awe by simply taking the time to get outside and observe, and even participate in it.

I had always suspected that there was more to my adventuring than my conscious mind could comprehend. Now I saw the truth of it.

Every time I breathe like this, I feel my cortisol levels lower and my parasympathetic nervous system kicks in. It’s a relief.