Last year I challenged my adventurous spirit to a first ever solo road trip. Destination—camping in Yosemite National Park. As it turns out, whatever fears and concerns I had for this venture, wore away like the tread on my tires. With every passing dashed yellow line, I could feel my body and soul settling comfortably into my place behind the wheel. As the road opened before me, the boundless sensations of energy and everything-is-possible thinking took over. Inhaling deep breaths of air, opening wide the portal for divine direction.
I know I said solo, however, I wasn't really alone—equipped in abundance of creative thoughts, inspired lyrics crooning from a friend's coveted iPod, road trip angels and all of my BFFs. The Canon camera twins and iBlanca II, a.k.a my iPhone.
Window lowered and rambling down Highway 41 (I’m not kidding) I caught a thought looking out the driver’s side door. The composition of the road before me, the road behind in the side/rear view mirror and the blurred highway of the present. All happening at once, not three separate things or times. Live in the present moment! A tiresome cliché—in truth the present is cuddled up right in between the past and future. No hard lines. The Taoist philosophy of "mutual arising" vignetted in motion around and within the car's mirror. From the Tao Te Ching (translated): "Having and not having arise together. Easy and difficult complement each other. Long and short contrast each other. High and low rest upon each other. Front and back follow one another." And in my own words: "The past, present and the future are interdependent and inseparable...one cannot exist without the other. It comes down to what I do with the lessons of my past, this moment in the present, and what I choose to bring forth into the future. The common denominator is me and the meaning and intention I bring to each of them." Past, Present, Future.
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