Flowing...Lakeside ❤

It's been two months since I moved into the city, perhaps the two fastest months of my life. So here I am taking a step back, lakeside in Muskoka. A chance to check in, catch my breath and reconnect. I pulled off highway 11 a few hours ago and made the usual pit stop at Tim Horton's in Bracebridge,  a good stretch and hot tea in hand and I'd be ready to spend some time with me.  Before I even got that far it struck me how different, refreshing it was to be here.  People held the door, smiled, said hello, offered me to jump ahead in line.  It was a whirlwind of friendliness that for the first moment caught me completely by surprise.  That was me in the city, I came north to sit inside my head, and yet they pulled me out.  I immediately felt the warmth of a place that feels like home... I smiled all the way back to my car.  Yep, the small town girl is still inside, and now filled with a renewing sense of warmth.

I made my way up Highway 118 into Port Carling, feeling amazed at just how many little changes had taken place in the short few months since I'd been here.  The sleepy port waking up from a long winter, getting ready to welcome a whole new season of cottaging.  Sitting here now beside Lake Rosseau, eyes closed, the world is still... The air cool, but with promise that spring is here.  The water flowing slowly beside me, lapping gently on the sides of the dock I'm sitting on...I can hear and feel everything.  At last, I took the deepest longest breaths I could sighing loudly...is there a better more refreshing feeling? 

All around me are signs of newness...the geese are back and lazing in the water. The snow is melting, new buds are poking their fresh green sprouts.  It's beautiful and I am awestruck.  Just the way I needed to be, and probably more then I imagined I would be.  I have finally caught my breath again...and it feels amazing.  My head is clear, my heart is open, my body is strong, and there is a great energy in my life.  I just needed a little time with me. I'm in the flow...

Ever noticed the days that just fly by? You can't explain them, they're just great...maybe even easy. You're happy, and things are all going in amazing directions.  It's what people refer to as "flow". I've heard the term so many times, I've experienced it so many times too. It can be easy however to revert to our human tendency to go against the flow.  Often what we want and what we need don't necessarily line up.  I read a book that described this as paddling upstream...maybe because we think we want what is upstream, maybe because our culture teaches us to work hard for what we want.  It's a lesson we'll likely all learn over and over. But every time we turn the boat around and go with the current, we find our flow... Life and all that it offers comes easier.  I am learning every time I lose that flow, that there is an easy way back...to listen to, feel, and be lead by your emotions.  This can be difficult in a world that operates heavily on logic.  

The simple (not easy) way to do this is to get in tune with the little voice inside you.  Create the space you need to remove yourself from the outside noise. Then...just notice...how do YOU feel?  Busy mind? Heavy heart? Questions? Exhausted, lacking energy? if anything feels unsettled, there's a chance you're paddling upstream.  Awareness is the key to making change. Get back in this moment, and enjoy it :)

Sun is shining, a season of all that is new lays ahead of us. In the words of my Yogi "it's all good!" ❤