Staying With the Moment.

Last night, my husband left on a long haul after a very hard week.

The truck had just been worked on.
Tension was high.
Fear was present — not dramatic, just there.

When he pulled out, I followed him to the gate like I always do.

About twenty seconds after he turned onto the road,
a shooting star crossed the sky.

Long.
Bright.
Directly over the truck.

I didn’t panic.
I didn’t make a wish.
I didn’t rush to assign meaning.

What I noticed instead was this:

I had a choice in how I held the moment.

I could have made it mean fear —
a star burning out.
An omen.
A warning.

I could have let my mind race ahead
into every possible future pain.

But I chose something else.

I chose to see it as light in the dark.

Not a promise.
Not a guarantee.
Just a reminder:

I don’t have to live tomorrow’s pain today.

If something hard happens,
I will live through it when it happens.

I don’t need to rehearse suffering in advance.

Maybe this is the real work —
staying present,
staying loving,
and refusing to borrow fear from the future.

If you needed this today,
you’re not alone.

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Image note: photo not my own; shared as context, not claim.

Originally shared as a personal note within The Becoming Ecosystem (Field Transmission), December 15, 2025.