Being Still and Feeling the Space

I think I've gone years without truly feeling my feet on the ground. I've powered through and kept busy with tasks and events or numb with escape (TV, social media), and then one day I was talking to a friend and she talked about how this body that we are is intentional and what we use to sojourn through life. I've only thought of it as an opposition, a burden, broken, imperfect, something needing to be fixed, but good and a partner?

The only place I knew to start with being present and engaged in my life and in my body was to breathe and pause. I've been taking deep deliberate breaths at stop lights and I've paused for a minute to snuggle Hayes before putting him in the car seat. I've tried to stop getting sucked into whatever is distracting me in my head or on my phone and noticed my environment. I will tell you - I am much more peaceful, content and grateful because I see what is going on in the real world around me. So, I am adopting a much less and more attitude - less on the schedule (yes, you can say no to things), less screen time, more eye contact, more pausing, more breathing.