A solo lake district adventure took me up Sharp Edge on Blencathra, it was one of those days where all the dominoes fell effortlessly.

To be present is to be aware. We can think of the past and the future but we can only live in the present, so when our awareness is not in the present, at that moment we are not really living. In this way we get stuck in a maze of time, always thinking behind or in front, missing what's actually here. Awareness is the most precious resource, to waste it unnecessarily should be a crime, but saying that I do it all the time. What a conundrum. The best thing is, we can train our awareness and make it stronger.

When I’m going through a good period, I find I am more aware, I notice more around me, I hear more and I see more. Then, my life starts telling me I'm on the right path. It shows me connections everywhere, synchronicities, coincidences. it's like a friendly guide with an arm around my shoulder pointing out a whole array of things that I would usually miss. When this is happening im no longer swimming into the wave, I'm on the board flowing forward.

When the sun broke through the cloud and gave me this view I had a moment where I knew I was on the right path.

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