sometimes its just great to be away. and not necessarily away from any one person or thing. but just away. really! try it.
the best cure for the rat race ritual rut is simply to change.
i know it’s scary!
but try it.
i recently had a conversation with my brother on the subject of just how scary change is. even potentially beneficial change is met with trepidation. it’s all questions with very little answers.
who will i become?
where will this lead?
will i miss the familiar?
will the risk of change pan out to something good for me?
will i be asked to do something i can’t handle?
my brother says he too fears change of any kind. yet we both came to the same conclusion that being able to advance means being able to be the one who enacts the change.
but today i realized that change can be as easy as a direction of thought. change your mind. that’s why i’m advocating the earlier said “away.” away does wonders for your eyes, your mind, and as a result, your soul.
today’s “away” came to me in the form of a flight from Denver to Memphis. maybe not the exotic location you were just imagining. but it is away. and from 33,000 ft nothing on earth can touch you. and therefore can’t possible matter.
i’m away.
it maybe the flight of beers i had at the
Left Hand Brewery in Denver with Lindsay, but i feel good. i’m so addicted to travel. i want to go everywhere, do and see everything. no experience is out of question.
it was great to see Lindsay also. haven’t see her since Love Parade last September in San Fransico. i told her i’m already counting the days until the next one. “is it too soon for that?” i asked. she said she started counting the day we left. right then we decided we’d cut the wait time by making a pilgrimage to Napa in the spring. that may tie us over for a little while?
see? i’m already planning the next “away.”
good times.
was a little disappointed with Memphis. only because Graceland is closed for the entire month of February! what’s up with that? i was so ready to blog about seeing “the ghost of Elvis!” without a car i was most definitely “walking in memphis,” however.
so i worked in that line anyway.
but i began this saying that it’s not always about the destination or the activity. it was awesome to be away. to just be with the man who i know loves me.
and get that breath of different air.
and regroup.
and start to change...
