I want to start this blog. Really, I do. But my perfectionist side is too critical, and drafts quickly find their way to the trash.

But if I want this to ever get off the ground I need to mute my inner critic and go for it. So, here we are.

I’m not sure why this blog is called Soul Context. I love the idea. The ability to see myself, others, life, in a soul context is a noble ideal.

But it’s more of something I strive for than a reflection of my actual reality.

My reality is that I often find myself numb to emotion and frustrated over circumstances beyond my control. I am frequently disappointed with myself.

My reality includes periodic slides into what feels like mild depression, and although I function, survival mode does not feel like living.

But sometimes, the fog clears up and a radiant light seems within reach.

A light so Divine it fills me with inexplicable joy and awakens my senses to a spiritual reality.

And suddenly the world comes alive. I breathe deeply, and the very air feels like a blessing. I hear the leaves rustling, see the grass glinting in the sunshine, the clouds floating against a beautiful blue backdrop.

Every step, every encounter seems infused with purpose, with meaning, with light.

People transform and momentarily their souls are strikingly visible and my heart expands with a Divine love for all of humanity.

The moment pulses with the vibrancy of being.

Maybe this is life in soul context.

Although those moments are a fleeting gift, I want to become a master of grasping them before they drift out of reach.

I want to hold on.

I want to ground the inspiration and eventually transform my everyday reality so it is defined by spiritual perspective and lived wholeheartedly in soul context.