Today has been a day of reflection. Partially in the Buddhist sense, partially in the western reality check sense. If two years ago you told me I'd lose 100 pounds, get a tattoo, put 1,000 miles on a motorcycle, start writing a novella, attend a writing conference, and end a 6 year relationship, I would have scoffed. I definitely wouldn't believe you if you told me I was going to Ireland either, but here I stand on a precipice with two tickets and an appetite for the unknown.
Life is a chore, it can be a drag, and you can do two things with it: let it bring you down or rise despite it. I learned to be unsatisfied with what I was, what I had, and what I wanted. I wanted all that was easy, nothing that took effort, and had been afraid of change. Change is scary, change is hard, and most of all it upsets a status quo of ease we accept.
But fight it. When you reach the other side, reflect on change, and be satisfied.
This will be one place I don't pull an Irish goodbye. I'll be looking to update on Ireland if the places I'm staying have wifi, otherwise I will schedule a few posts when I get back. It'll be a full itinerary tagged separately using the blogger system so that if anyone is looking for ideas they can easily stroll through it. Ciao kids!
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