This is one of those things that has been very present in my mind lately. The Middle Way. I always say the truth is in the middle and this has never been truer than now while I am raising a child with another human being. I want to protect him and my partner wants to expose him to things, like sand and rain and bugs. I remind myself that the truth is in the middle. This tiny human being will flourish on the line drawn between us, his parents. If it were just me he would probably grow up too sheltered. If it was just his father, well, I personally think he wouldn’t live to see his teens. But that’s just me. His father will push and I will pull. He will be brave like his father and aware like his mother. He won’t be too sheltered and he won’t be too exposed. He will be in the middle. On the line. Where the truth is. In all things.

It’s the balance.

Magic 233/365, The Middle Way, Playa Guiones, Costa Rica, August 21, 2018