hey y'all!
i heard this the other day and made me pause with curiosity:
“you can’t dominate people without separating them from each other and from themselves. the more people get plugged back into their bodies, each other, the more impossible it is to be dominated and occupied. […] how in our daily lives are we connecting in every single respect to ourselves and everything around us?” – Eve Ensler, Becoming Wise
Eve Ensler’s question made me think about playing and with-nessing. with-nessing as in being presently connected energetically to someone/thing in a way that can't be named. these two have been the connective tissue to my daily life. there’s something magical that happens in your body when you are filled with something playful like delightful curiosity with a friend while being while the warmth of the sun as it caresses your face. its the thing i have craved most and look for so often these days.
i admit though, some days i don’t find any level of either, and as i sit here i realize how muted those days are. those are the days i would say i’m not fully living nor am i in my body. those days i am at a loss for how to find any level of connectedness. what are those days and Ensler whispering to us about living fully?
i get this sense that this time is softly calling us to playfully shape-shift the ways we are with ourselves and with all things. living is different, connecting is different. different is asking us to revisit how we do living fully, connecting to all that surrounds us instead of expecting things to return to a level of “normal”. asking us not in a way that can be found in a framework or a life hack, but in being with – in being cuddled up with ourselves, in silly voice messages with your homies, in the lighting of a candle with/for a friend over the phone.
in doing so, i love the truth that says we become an impossible force that cannot be dominated or occupied. that my friend is a natural reclaiming. so play & connect anew!
