February, and the Discipline of Stay, aka "Abiding."

Hello February and Dreamers! If you are new here, welcome. And if you are returning, welcome back. This space exists for the conversations that require more room than a caption allows. I share reflections and real-time thoughts throughout the week on Facebook and Instagram, but here—on the first and third Tuesday of each month—we slow the pace and go deeper. These pages are meant to be sat with, not skimmed.

Over the past few weeks, a recurring theme has been surfacing in my own life and in conversations with this community I lovingly refer to as Dreamers—people who are learning how to reconnect with purpose after seasons of simply surviving. That theme is presence. Not the kind we talk about casually, but the kind that requires intention, awareness, and restraint.

February is a fitting place to explore this because, while the beginning of a year carries energy, February reveals our endurance. It is where the initial clarity of January meets the reality of everyday demands. Fewer people are watching us, and those "New Year" declarations have quieted. What remains, but doesn't get as much fanfare? Our posture remains evident in how we move and show up when life is still asking something of us.

This post is not an instruction to do more. It is an invitation to notice what you are already doing.

Many of us are capable, responsible, and dependable. We know how to carry weight. We know how to keep things moving. But capability without presence has a cost, and faithfulness without connection eventually leads to depletion. This is where the tension usually shows up.

In Scripture, we see this tension play out in a familiar story between two sisters—one attentive to the task at hand, the other to the presence before her. The lesson is not about choosing one role over the other, but about recognizing when productivity begins to replace presence and when service quietly disconnects us from peace.

That distinction matters as we step into this month. February does not need more effort from us. It needs discernment. It asks us to consider where we are operating from habit instead of intention, and where we might be invited to remain connected even while life is still demanding our attention.

If you find yourself tired but faithful, productive but distracted, or steady yet internally unsettled, this conversation is for you.

As you move through the rest of this month, resist the urge to rush past what this page surfaced for you. Presence is not something you arrive at once. It is a posture you return to again and again, often in the middle of ordinary, demanding days.

Here is your invitation.

Before the week moves too far ahead of you, take a few quiet minutes to reflect on one area of your life where you may be doing the right things without being fully present. Do not rush to fix it. Simply notice it. Awareness is often the first step toward alignment.

If this conversation resonated, stay connected between these deeper dives. I continue the conversation throughout the week on Facebook and Instagram, sharing reflections and moments that build on what we explore here. This blog opens on the first and third Tuesday of each month, giving us space to sit with the work before returning again.

Our next conversation will be here on February 17th.

Take what you need.Leave what you don’t. And don’t forget to share this. I love you, and I’ll talk to you later.