Soft Focus and Presence

Like a lazy walk on a warm day, with no destination in mind—only the pure enjoyment and curiosity of a child.

A way of being. Of being present.

Noticing all: what’s supporting you, your gait, the whistle in the wind—and recognizing its source.

The deep listening that can only come from total peace.

When the smallest of creatures seems to want your attention—feels your presence and gathers toward you.

Whether insect or plant, all lean slightly in your direction when you are in this state.

Not of distress or worry.

Total calm.

That isn’t to say stillness—but not charged.

Unlike sitting at the ready behind a Formula One wheel, at high alert, where your focus is so narrow, so potent, that nothing else is visible—like a pinprick of tunnel vision—this is expansive.

It isn’t thinning of focus.

On the contrary, it is your blanket-soft focus, where you are at the most peaceful and highest current.

Those soft moments of presence allow for the extreme focused moments of trajectory—of the farthest reach.

You may meander or propel, depending on your choice of focused attention.