Several weeks ago I made a big decision to take some time off from work. To be for the girls, what I imagined they needed, to clear my head and make space, literally and figuratively withing our four walls. To notice more, to be present, to attend to details. To watch more game, more jumps and more leaps and turns.
Somewhere in all that – I remembered we loved adventure – man it’s been a foggy 18 months. Fast forward to Sayulita Mexico – a small Pacific Coast fishing town just outside of Puerto Vallarta. Someplace I’d imagine was absolutely perfect just before it was discovered by the rest of the world. Nonetheless a wonderful little town bustling with activity this Easter Break – where the motto and the vibe seems to be “live what you love” The people are friendly, the food just delicious and on a scale of 1 to 10 the ALIVE factor is 20.
What I’ve come to today feels right just right now: honor the old, what you stood for what you loved – keep it close to our hearts and keep doing what we enjoy: morning paddles, surfs with the girls, fresh squeezed orange juice, eggs in the morning but only on weekends and vacation – where there’s time, a more relaxed pace. Homemade “zips” outside showers, getting into the culture of a place by getting in it with the people. Seems like a no brainer, right? Grief is tricky though, it can keep you stuck, in that old way of doing – of being – of living for someone else – with hope I suppose that if you keep everything exactly the same, they’ll come back, and life as you knew it would just pick right back up where it left off – on that steamy 4th of July. It’s nothing I’ve done consciously, but after thinking about it during my morning paddle, it could easily be an underlying factor in how one moves forward, or not, in their grief.
The wonderful thing about big discoveries like this, is how you use them in your life once they’re uncovered. Little red flags, something, to look for, habits, defaults in your way of being, that allow life to repeat itself if not noticed.
Our job in living consciously, or mine at least, is to keep noticing, keep looking, and when the ordinary pops up, the default creeps in – to snap the mental rubber band, the invisible one on my right wrist, just under my watch. To choose NOW, choose OUT HERE, look at what we’re up to – all three of us – where we’re headed, and make sure it’s all moving in the right direction – and we’re all up to our higher good.
LIVING IN THE WINDOW 
Simple and beautiful. Adventure awaits in each moment if we choose to see it.❤️ Thank you, Nicole for another inspiring blog. Xo
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