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I find myself wanting to write more about this. The topic of Hard is "sparking" other aspects of those challenging times in my life. Listening to Jen's audio I recall an 8 day trip in the wilderness on a canoe backpacking journey with 6 women. The idea was to conquer our fears and empower ourselves. It was designed for women who have experienced trauma. It changed my life drastically as I became more inclined towards taking risks and stepping off the sidelines of life. But the togetherness with those women struggling through, had a remarkable impact on me. And the presence we achieved through the hard obstacles was uplifting. Presence is a gift when moving through something, when our focus is positioned in the now, when each moment is more important than the next one. I could so relate to Jen's mountain biking with her son... how beautiful.

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Yes, getting through to the other side of “hard” can be brutal and dark. When in it, I forget there is a gift waiting, a change, a light shining on a new path to follow.

The “hard” part of moving towards change, is like the prototypic journey through the birth canal. Bear with me here. Painful, fear-ridden, with sweeping motivation, with full on cellular consciousness, to get through without knowing why or what lay ahead… but with a knowing that the way it used to be, has moved over. Then, Voila! a light, a tremendous light, with a figure there and hands to hold me and if I’m lucky a belly to lay on with loving words flowing towards my tenderness. A new life begins. It’s a miracle.

Change is hard with lots of stops and starts for me.

But the gold at the end of the path always feels like a miracle - a miracle of life. Indeed.

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