8.25.22 // Life Lately

Life lately...
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Life lately has been so profoundly fulfilling. It has been full of love and newness and curiosity.
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It's been pushing past my understanding of what's possible.
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There were precarious days over the last few months where I thought my life was about to pivot in a completely new direction, directions which meant utterly destroying what my current reality looks like.
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And then, my life DID change in a completely new direction but it was an expansion, not destruction.
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I have to laugh because the "old Liz" would have run away from the crumbling pieces and reluctantly started over. But, "Liz of now" chose a different path by painstakingly looking inward, speaking up for my needs, adding what I deeply crave, reworking what I don't, and trusting that life will work before I light it on fire and walk away.
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I'm just feeling... good? Am I allowed to say that?
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It's why I haven't been writing or sharing as much, life has been so full and so has my heart (usually I need a little more internal drama to feel inspired to write).
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So, here are some rad photos from one of my favorite hikes (​easily one of my ​top 5​ hikes/runs​ in the world).
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This hike broke me open and yes, I did cry at the top because I felt so seen, loved, and held by Mother Nature.
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I know the expansion moments won't last forever, and I fully expect a contracting moment to creep up soon... but in the meantime I'll be here, coasting on a summer dream.