The Healthiest of Habits

Nothing in nature blooms all year, be patient with yourself.

I am becoming reacquainted with my own skin, sinking into it further than I knew I could. It is difficult to become vulnerable when this life requires so much strength. Hardened walls block out pain, but also light. And I need the sun. It is foolish of myself to refuse nutrients when they are readily available. Yet, those walls go up despite the sun's warmth beating against them day in, day out. The mind is mighty in this way, growing rigid in its thoughts to protect our softer sides. But an open mind is required to dream at full capacity. I would be an even bigger fool to think myself the exception to this universal truth. I have the ability to push the confines of my mind, for true strength lies in the courage to accept risk. 

..you are very powerful, provided you know how powerful you are.

There is no better way for me to defy my limits than to set my sights far beyond reality. To expose one's underbelly to the ground below offers a great risk and a greater reward.

I would be lost without goals. There nature is to grow into one another, to overlap in a fate woven fashion. Like a living being, goals demand care to flourish. In turn this commitment has become an unspoken vow to better the health of my own being. I expand myself with each step towards a goal. Growth such as this pulls in all life and spews back the mind's inner light, which shines far brighter than the sun. This is the  positivity that a brain creates as a byproduct of taking care of the self. I want my soul to ripple out this way, to have a heart that can bring vibrations of change to its environment. I can feel how desperately I need to grow just to live.  

Agility is now but one part of my life, although it still fills me up with lessons to chew on for days. I'm at a slight loss for words on how to describe the evolution of Whim and I as a team. I am only able to say that our connection flows like water. She is as much a part of me than ever, on and off the course. Our souls have intertwined in a way that sends pride and bewilderment through my being, I am so blessed to have a dog like her. As I grow closer to her, I am expanding to the outer edges of my abilities on other paths. I have found that to truly develop myself I am responsible for incorporating all aspects of life into the dreams I seek to create.