Have You Been Grounded Lately?!

I don't ever remember being grounded as a kid - I'm not sure if that indicates a memory issue or if it is just further evidence of the fact that I was (as I have always maintained) a model child. The reality is probably that my parents realized that grounding was more of a punishment for them than it was for any of us :)

I have been thinking a lot lately about the notion of being grounded.

You can

gain ground

cover ground

break ground.

You can ground

 a pilot

a plane

a disobedient child.

You can

hit a ground ball or ground out

use ground forces or engage in a ground attack.

There are

picnic grounds

proving grounds

legal grounds.

I have spent a great deal of time over the past two years

learning how to become grounded.

I learned it at the gym

I learned it on the yoga mat

I learned it in a therapist's office

I learned it during dark days and long nights

I learned it in the bright light of rediscovered
choice
connections
and
courage.

I now know what it feels like to be grounded.

I also know what it feels like when I am not grounded.

Sometimes I am grounded.

Sometimes I am not

and so I continually practice

but more than practicing

it has become a practice

it is how I choose to live my life

on the days when it is easy 

and more importantly

on the days when it is hard.

what grounds you?