I was feeling brittle yesterday.

Like my checklist was a matter of life + death, like there was too much to do, like I had to get myself under control or else.

Everything felt hard + cold + rigid.

All signs that I needed some enchantment.

And to set myself free.

So I hauled off to the woods to wander around until I could feel it again: the feeling of belonging to the world.

I breathed the autumn air + watched the ducks + cried into a tree + forgot about my computer.

Most of all, I remembered that I get to just be alive.

And that there’s an abundance of enchantment + power in that aliveness.

And that sometimes the best thing we can do is put ourselves in alive spaces that help us remember just how big + wild + beyond everything is (including our own selves).

What might that look like for you?