This IS the Vortex!

While hiking down from Bell Rock in Sedona, AZ, presumably one of the most powerful energy vortex centers on the earth, I became aware of a woman and her son quickly approaching us on the trail from behind. As my daughter and I paused to make art in the enticing blank canvas of fine red sand, I overheard her fretting over having lost the others in their party. Once we reached the parking lot, I noticed her again and saw that she had met up with the rest of her group. As I passed the group, she asked her guide, “When are we going to hike up to the vortex spot?”

He looked at her with astonishment, sweeping his arms around in the air to include the mountain behind him as well as the parking lot, and said, “This is it! ALL of this is the vortex.”

I couldn’t help but feel sad for her, assuming she hadn’t yet let in any of the power, the spine tingling, deep peace and contentment that was available on the hike she had just rushed herself and her son through.

Crossing paths with her was a gift. It caused me to reflect on my own moments in life when I’ve been moving along at such a fast clip that I missed the magic that was coursing right along beneath my very own feet. It strikes me with the same type of regrettable humor as driving along a coastal highway in either California or Hawaii, waiting for the scenic pull-off sign when there’s amazing beauty to be seen all around.

How often are we at the proverbial or literal vortex of our own life
and miss the magic, not even realizing it?

What magic, beauty or even perfection might exist for you right now if you allowed a shift in your current perspective to assume it was so?

This is the vortex - today, this hour, this minute.