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ALMOST THE END OF JANUARY AND I CAN FEEL THAT WINTER DEPRESSION WEIGHING ME DOWN MY NOSE IS COLD MY TOES ARE COLD AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN I FIND MYSELF DAY DREAMING OF PLACES SOUTH OF THE BORDER SUN AND SANDALS IS WHERE I WANT TO BE BUT SNOW AND SHOVELS ARE WHERE I AMContinue reading “WINTER DEPRESSION”

SELF DOUBT CREEPS INTO MY HEAD THIS MORNING AT THIS POINT IT HAS A KEY TO THE FRONT DOOR COMING AND GOING AS IT WANTS IT HAS MADE ITSELF AT HOME LIKE SOMEONE WHO HAS OVERSTAYED THEIR WELCOME HEARING ITS SCRIPT OVER AND OVER AGAIN HAS BECOME SO ROUTINE FOR ME NOT PRETTY ENOUGH, NOTContinue reading “SELF DOUBT”

TODAY I CLOSED MY EYES AND SAW MYSELF IN A SMALL MOUNTAIN VILLAGE IN GUATEMALA ONE THAT I HAVE BEEN TO BEFORE I STOOD THERE IN THE TOWN SQUARE TAKING IN THE VIEW OF ALL THE BEAUTIFUL LOCAL PEOPLE BUT AS THE PICTURE BECAME CLEARER, I SAW SOMEONE LURKING BEHIND ME THE PERSON’S IDENTITY WASN’TContinue reading “THE TRAVELER THAT LURKS BEHIND ME”

I AM A MINIMALIST AT HEART THESE DAYS LESS IS MORE IS MY MOTTO QUALITY OVER QUANTITY READS MY CREDIT CARD STATEMENT I FIND MYSELF COVETING THOSE WHO LIVE THE ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLE OF TINY HOMES AND VAN LIFE THE TRAVELING NOMADS THAT TRAVEL FROM PLACE TO PLACE WITH THEIR HOMES ON THEIR BACKS YES, POURContinue reading “WHERE THE WIND TAKES ME”

THE LYRICS OF A SONG THIS MORNING REMINDED ME THAT MY TRAVELS WILL MEAN MORE THAN JUST WANDERING. THERE IS A PURPOSE TO THIS ADVENTURE OF MINE. THERE IS MEANING TO WHERE I’LL GO AND WHO I’LL MEET. THE TRIP WILL BE ABOUT ME AND YET IT WON’T BE ABOUT ME AT ALL. THE ROADContinue reading “TODAY I WAS REMINDED”

THE LOVE OF A CHILD IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING SO TRUE AND SWEET. I SEE MYSELF AS A CHILD TODAY. I’M DANCING IN AN OPEN FIELD OF FLOWERS WITH JOY AND PURITY. THERE’S A SMILE THAT RADIATES FROM MY CORE. O HOW I WANT THAT FREEDOM BACK. IT’S SO CLOSE YET IT FEELS LIKEContinue reading “A CHILD’S JOY”

I’M STANDING INSIDE THE WHITE FENCE. HANDS GRIPPING THE DOOR. LOOKING OUT OVER THE GREEN VALLEYS, WARM SUN, THE BREEZE THAT DANCES THROUGH THE TREE BRANCHES. ON MY SIDE OF THE FENCE THE DARK CLOUDS LOOM OVER. THE THUNDER, LIGHTENING AND HARSH WINDS SURROUND ME. WHY DO I STAY ON THIS SIDE OF THE FENCEContinue reading “THE WHITE FENCE”

YOUR GRACE IS ALL I NEED. SO MANY TIMES I’VE HEARD THIS PHRASE. AND SO MANY TIMES THIS PHRASE HAS SCARED ME. I SEE MYSELF GRASPING AT A MILLION THINGS, YET IS YOUR GRACE EVEN ONE OF THEM? WHAT DOES GRACE ALONE LOOK LIKE? IN A WORLD FULL OF MORE, HOW WOULD IT FEEL TOContinue reading “SCARED FOR GRACE”

THIS MORING IT’S COLD AND SUNLESS. IT’S ON DAYS LIKE THIS THAT MY MIND RACES SOUTH. I IMAGINE WARM BEACHES, WAVES AND SAND BETWEEN MY TOES. I IMAGINE BUSY MARKET DAYS, SPANISH JIBBER AND SENSORY OVERLOAD. WOULD I CHOOSE A DAY OF SOLITUDE OR A DAY TO BLEND INTO THE CROWD? TEN MORE MONTHS UNTILContinue reading “SOUTH”