The Choice For Connection   We are hard-wired for both protection and connection. Reread that. Or allow me: we are hard-wired for both protection and connection. The relationship between those two hardwired systems is what could be termed awakening. I write these words as a category four hurricane is moving toward where I live here in south Florida. I am riding the waves between protecting myself and those I love from what could be catastrophic effects of an enormous storm, and the moment by moment choice to connect to what is true, authentic, and constant within me. The former feels contracting, and the latter expanding. There is a definite rhythm. There is a birthing happening within me. I have worked far too long at authenticity to claim