Places To Go

Adventure calling! Bag packed with enough to leave for a while, anything forgotten doesn’t matter. I have to go.

Sometimes life reaches a point where getting on the next plane out, the next train or bus, seems like the best thing to do. Am I running away? Running towards? Or not running at all? Maybe it is a quiet stroll to a place that is calling me and I can hear the whispers of it in my soul.

When my dreams start to be filled with railway stations and airports I know that something is shifting, something is calling me. It is time to be aware and awake to the small signs of what is rising. Sometimes it is a journey within, going deeper into myself to find hidden recesses that need to be explored. Sometimes it means going out into nature to restore and nourish my soul. Sometimes it is a change of direction with my life or with my business. Sometimes it is getting ready to leave on a trip to another place or another country.

As I age, I am learning to travel with less. Bags lighter, heart freer, only what is absolutely needed to sustain me. Books, always, I cannot image traveling without them. Music too. Modern technology has allowed me to take along both books and music in my carry-on, so easy!

These days I am tempted to carry my passport and change of clothes with me at all times. How easy it would be to go to the airport and simply pick a destination. I could buy a ticket, get on a plane, and see what magical adventures unfold. That experience of being in another place where my everyday life fades into the background and the world is right there waiting.

Photo Credit: Julie Moore

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