It was a stunning New Mexico January afternoon — the kind that makes you forget everything else.
The sun was blazing against a deep blue sky. The mountains stood at attention, as if in ceremony. I was driving through northern New Mexico, heading toward Taos Pueblo, hoping to speak with the Navajo Chief about the sacred sites there.
I was completely mesmerized by the beauty around me — and not paying attention to my speed — when flashing lights and a siren pulled me back to reality.
Years ago, I dated a police officer who gave me one piece of advice that stuck: always tell the truth when you’re pulled over. So, when the Native American officer approached my window and asked, “Do you know why I stopped you?” I smiled and said, “Yes. I was distracted by all this beauty and speeding. And honestly, I was probably going faster until I hit the brakes when I saw you.”
He studied me for a long moment, then asked, “Where are you headed?”
“To the Pueblo,” I said. “I’m hoping to speak with the Chief about the sacred sites there.”
He stepped back, paused, and then said, “Please step out of the vehicle.”
I thought — oh no — but I did.
The cold January wind wrapped around us as he gestured toward the land and asked, “Look around. What do you see?”
I said, “The mountains. The sky. The land.”
He nodded and said something that would change me forever:
“What you’re standing on is sacred land. Everywhere your feet go, you are standing on sacred land — because the earth is sacred.”
In that moment, the lesson arrived not as information, but as initiation.
Sacred sites matter because they wake us up. They interrupt our momentum and remind us that we belong — to the land, to something ancient, to something far greater than ourselves. They invite us into a relationship rather than observation.
When we visit sacred places, we don’t just travel outward.
We travel inward.
And here’s the truth I’ve learned over years of pilgrimage and listening:
You don’t go to a sacred site to find something.
You go to remember what you already are.
Sacred places don’t bestow holiness upon us — they reflect it back. They ask us to slow down, to walk gently, to pay attention. They teach us how to move through the world with reverence instead of entitlement.
That day in New Mexico, I didn’t just learn about sacred land.
I learned how to walk differently on this Earth.
So here, I’m explaining to you now.
Choose a sacred place and go.
It doesn’t have to be far.
A mountain.
A river.
A cathedral.
A desert path.
A quiet grove of trees.
Go with intention.
Go with reverence.
Go willing to listen.
And when you return, tell me what happened — what shifted, what surprised you, what you remembered.
Because sacred places don’t just change landscapes.
They change us.
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