Never been there.
Just an exotic locale far from here.
But there is a symbolism in the fact that there are so many places still unseen, still so far from anywhere I've ever dreamed of going.
I know that there is so much of the world out there. Still just out of reach from here.
Still unseen.
Still just a destination.
But maybe some day.
Ecuador.
Anyone remember the Bugs Bunny cartoons where he's burrowing underground and comes up, with a puzzled look and says...
"I knew I should have turned left at Albuquerque!"
It seems that it always led to some "Hare-brained" adventure, often with Daffy Duck or some other sidekick in tow.
WATCH IT HERE!!!!
We can't always know where the road is taking us, but sometimes it's about accepting and enjoying the ride. And to be honest...
I SOMETIMES SUCK AT THIS!!!
That LEFT turn throws me for a loop and I find myself missing a moment or two of the adventure right ahead of me because I'm still trying to figure out the map. The plan I have in my head. The way I'd like to see things go.
Now please understand, I am able to CHANGE! I am adaptable and flexible at times, but I'm also a slight bit of a worrier and that can really bog me down.
I want so much to continue to just find the moments as they come and savor them. And I am doing that with much more success than I ever thought I would be able to. But sometimes I still find myself unsure and in need of a little reassurance that everything's going to be ok.
I'm human.
But I find myself growing more as an adult than I ever was capable of as a kid and young adult. Some of this is the letting go that my heart and my head has had to travel through over the last several years.
So here I go. Tomorrow comes and I've got a drive ahead of me. Maybe that turn in Albuquerque will lead to more that I'll be able to laugh at, smile about and share with those I love most!
