Love is free. It is never forced. All of us can choose it, and also offer it, if we want.

Step by step, on a pre-dawn run.... It started with the fear, uncertainty and doubt. Would it be hard? Would I do my usual mileage, or need to stop short? Would I fail? Would it be cold, and uncomfortable? Would it hurt? I jumped right in. It didnt hurt. It was not too cold. Then, halfway through, I took note of the ocean up against the beach as the morning's pre-rise glow lit the sky. "It must be high tide, the water against the beach looks like an infinity pool. Amazing." Then, I felt small. I turned for home. The fear and doubt was gone. All that was left was beauty and love. Things I couldn't notice on the first half, because of the narrow aperture of fear, spoke to me on the second half. Nature. The sun, sand and ocean breeze. The trees and shrubs. I touched them. And then I remembered the palm tree at my finish line. The one I like to touch on its trunk. The one I thank each year for the health and gratitude of another visit, connecting moments in time. Enjoy your day. It is big and beautiful.