I spent last Tuesday on the patio reading an amazing book, Presence, by Peter Senge, Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski, and Betty Sue Flowers. It describes the U model of change, Seeing, Presencing, Acting. I was inspired by Joseph's account of a Sacred Passage retreat he went on in Baja, California led by John P. Milton. Milton established the Sacred Land Trust and is buying land in order to preserve it for humans to get in touch with their world. Part of the trust is a 250-acre preserve in Colorado. It got me thinking about doing one of these retreats: you spend 4 days being trained, then 6 days by yourself in the wilderness, then 2 days back at a camp with others who have had the same experience. It sounds scary and amazing, fraught with possibilities for seeing, contemplating, figuring out my next move.
Since I read the book I have been doing my morning runs without the aid of Ipod. I forgot how nice (and hard) it can be to keep myself company and think rambling thoughts to the beat of my running feet.
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