Excerpt: What required the most will power, the most strength, the most wisdom this morning was choosing to listen to the wisdom of the body and to take a day to rest.

So, I did.

Gentle warrior wisdom.

Deciding what to do was less of choosing this/that like an on-off switch and much more like I had my hand on a dimmer knob and was experimenting with it, turning it this way and that, noticing what the mix of sensations, thoughts, and beliefs felt like until I found just the right spot for the moment.

That felt good.

I am becoming more like a dimmer knob than an on-off switch.

That feels quite profound — the feeling of being with life as it is, welcoming the unwelcome, listening, responding, waiting, and then acting in honor of the wisdom I have received.

Being with life and adjusting to its flow.