The world is alive, generous, and waiting patiently for us to figure it out.*
Tom De Blasis

Reality emerges in dialogue, ignites in presence, and unfolds in participation.**
AleXander McManus

We don’t have to slow
down to
listen and
feel and
play, but
we could.^^

*”Autopilot” is how Mindfulness describes moving through our lives without awareness; Theory U refers to this as “downloading.”
**Maria Popova and Claudia Bedrick’s A Velocity of Being;
^AleXander McManus’ Blue Moments;
^^The alternative to autopilot- and downloading-living is to open our minds, open our hearts, and open our wills – and example is the naturalist John Muir who would spend time making the acquaintance of new plants to him, even speaking with them.