or yourself for even brief periods? If you put the
welcome mat out for them and investigate their
qualities and let them be, you may learn a lot about
what is strong and unwavering in yourself. And what
is strong in you may become even stronger as you
nourish inner stability and calmness.
No Right Way
Backpacking with my family in Teton wilderness, I am
recurrently struck by the question of footing. With
each step, the foot has to come down somewhere.
Climbing or descending over boulder fields, steep
inclines, on and off trails, our feet make split-second
decisions for us about where and how to come down,
what angle, how much pressure, heel or toe, rotated
or straight. The kids don't ever ask: "Daddy, where do
I put my feet? Should I step on this rock or that one?"
They just do it, and I've noticed that they find a way -
they choose where to put their feet at each step, and
it's not simply where I put mine.
What this says to me is that our feet find their own
way. Watching my own, I am amazed at how many
different places and ways I might put my foot down