acceptance is letting ourselves rise naturally
In my youth and thighs, I could float. Legs extended, eyes closed. A breast-stroke pushing aside sky, against the gravity of my life. Feeling a breeze against my fears. A smile the whole time. Up and out. Liberating my world, I float mind’s height above the old. I sense it again with a tub of friends, percolating without clothing, making this modest escape a weightless acceptance of ourselves.
Roger Kenyon was North America’s first lay canon lawyer and associate director at the Archdiocese of Seattle. He was involved in tech (author of Macintosh Introductory Programming, Mainstay) before teaching (author of ThinkLink: a learner-active program, Riverwood). Roger lives near Toronto and offers free critical thinking and character development courses online.
“When not writing, I’m riding—eBike, motorbike, and a mow cart that catches air down the hills. One day I’ll have Goldies again.”
