It was a deep black hole down there and one needed to trust, have courage, let go and jump.

Sometimes shit happens even for best laid plans.

In that moment, I was perfectly at ease with myself and I knew that everything was in perfect rhythm.

The noisy neighborhood dogs don’t even have time to register my presence, let alone bark at me...

With every squishy splash into the muddied tracks, I felt freer than ever. The more mud my stocking got caked with, the lighter I became.

The folks in school just shrugged when I voiced my concern. “Just go with the flow.”

By allowing my mind to be seized by fears and worries of the unknown, I’d forgotten to embrace the beauty of just being in that moment...

One reflection led to another and before I knew it, I saw plenty of lessons Life wanted so eagerly to show me.