Breathless

I’ve been thinking about what I like about the sports and hobbies I do, what about them engages me, what I get out of them.

Just for reference hobbies and sports…
* mountain biking
* running
* reading
* writing
* learning about people

What keeps me coming back to these is the times that my breath is taken away. Either through exhaustion or surprise or an immersion so complete I forget to breathe.

These things that engage me so fully that all I can be is in the moment, listening or moving or creating worlds, absorbing what’s around me.

Being there and only there, focused on what my body is doing, what someone is saying, it’s freedom, from the past, the future.

I aim to be breathless more.