{"id":3854,"date":"2025-09-18T23:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T23:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jrdingwall.ca\/blogwall\/?p=3854"},"modified":"2025-09-18T23:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T23:00:08","slug":"encountering-the-most-profound-belonging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jrdingwall.ca\/blogwall\/encountering-the-most-profound-belonging\/","title":{"rendered":"Encountering the most profound belonging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Corrigan shared an experience recounting a recent trip in British Columbia. The description of his encounter with wildlife is well worth the read. I was fortunate to spend time in the Alberta\/BC mountain ranges this summer and connect with the way he describes seeing, hearing, smelling, just really being present in nature. Since then I&#8217;ve tried to take moments closer to home to admire what&#8217;s around me, and to my delight I&#8217;ve watched beavers swimming in the North Saskatchewan River, and coyotes in the middle of the city forest. Finding moments for this kind of pause can be difficult but worth it.<\/p>\n<p>The following quote caught me a bit off guard, as it makes sense in terms of being connected to the land &#8211; I consider myself lucky to grow up, live, work, and play here on Treaty 6 Territory &#8211; but also in the context of community and work. There is something important here to consider as leaders, coaches, and colleagues here.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-quote su-quote-style-default su-quote-has-cite\"><div class=\"su-quote-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">Belonging is not a choice one makes. It is a status granted upon you by the people and places and creatures that you share the planet with. Even though I live in a beautiful place, surrounded by forest and sea, I am rarely aware of this feeling. It takes silence, stillness and a lowering of the mental, physical and spiritual rpms to find this feeling of openness which, if the environment consents, leads to belonging, becasue you become a part of something, of everything.<span class=\"su-quote-cite\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chriscorrigan.com\/parkinglot\/encountering-the-most-profound-belonging\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Corrigan<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a title=\"Balu Pass\" href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/leeshoal\/6104805248\">Balu Pass<\/a> flickr photo by <a href=\"https:\/\/flickr.com\/people\/leeshoal\">Lee Shoal<\/a> shared under a <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/2.0\/\">Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA 2.0) license<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This attribution was made simple by <a href=\"https:\/\/cogdogblog.com\/\">CogDog<\/a>. You can get it for your own <a href=\"https:\/\/code.cog.dog\/flickr-cc-helper\/\">flickr cc attribution helper<\/a> for easy attribution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Corrigan shared an experience recounting a recent trip in British Columbia. The description of his encounter with wildlife is well worth the read. I was fortunate to spend time in the Alberta\/BC mountain ranges this summer and connect with the way he describes seeing, hearing, smelling, just really being present in nature. 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