The View from the Top

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The day after our Core Joy sale wraps, I lay in bed looking at the ceiling. Epic Joy Week, in all of its wonder and white water rush, drifts placidly behind me. I prime for spaciousness. I prime for feeling good in my body.

I want to get outside. Seda and I boot up. Leo dances. We climb to the top of a local butte just in time to catch the sunrise.

Distant showers paint the hills in moody blue and grey. We spy Fern Ridge lake to the west and the Cascade mountains to our East.

The view from up top is spectacular. From that high up, I can almost see you, dear reader, opening this newsletter.

And that's the point, isn't it? We do and we do and we do with focus and intention. Then it's time to back off and assess our position. Where am I with my goals? Where am I with you? With my family? With my friends? With my cat?

The view from the top allows us to assess, gives us distance from each individual care, so we can pull them altogether as one. How our lives fit us from this perspective is all. I am poised here, orchestrating my masterpiece. That's really all we have.

I'm excited about what's to come. I'm tired and in need of rest. This week, our Joy Together community rests. From now on, we take 2 weeks off every quarter. We breathe a collective breath, get some distance, enjoy the view. This spaciousness is by design. I love it.

How are you designing a vantage point in your life? And what might you see from that perspective?