I’m starting to realize that the reality I experience every day is real… but only real through my mortal body. My exhaustion, grief, fear, stress, loneliness, distractions, and responsibilities all feel incredibly real because I experience them physically and emotionally here on earth. But deep down, I don’t think this temporary reality is my truest reality. My truest reality is spiritual. Eternal. This is where Sam is now, but I am only catching glimpses of it. — usually when I slow down enough to hear God above the noise of survival mode. The strange thing is that my default state requires no effort. Fear is automatic. Distraction is automatic. Survival mode is automatic. Living only through my physical senses is automatic. But stepping into spiritual awareness takes intention. It takes stillness. Prayer. Surrender. Faith. Trust. Obedience. It takes work to disc...