…That travel is my drug of choice?
Movies are my drug of choice as well… what… I’m not allowed more than one drug of choice?
I am currently on the other side of the world. It is as though my “regular” life were not in evidence. This is my bliss… a place of relaxation and de-stressing. I am in need of this far more regularly and would suggest it wholeheartedly for the reminder of a real meaning in life.
Don’t get me wrong. I love my work. It provides me purpose and, naturally, the ability to travel. I suppose the place I tend to go wrong is in over-indulgence. I have a tendency of overdosing and finding myself in states of work coma or lethargy. Balance is necessary and can often be “off”.
I am, however, soon reminded that there is a world that I belong in when I get on that plane and move myself to a new environment and routine. It is an amazing blanket of calm, cool and that joy that sometimes seems to be missing. I had been looking for that joy for a long time and I am happy to say that I am currently reminded that it does exist for me. This morning, as I prepare to depart for a new day of walking and touring in Sydney, I am staring out a window on the 25th floor at the magnificence of the Sydney Harbor. It is a clear blue sky and, from what I have checked, yet another wonderfully warm winters day.
Much like a morphine drip I find myself smiling that warm and relaxing grin. Everything is ok and it is time to get along for the ride that today will provide.
Some say that the travel just isn’t enough… that it doesn’t last long enough. I remind us all that the planning is part of the high. Make your decisions about the next place to go as soon as you arrive home from the place you have been. Research and reading will bring you towards the next adventure and that, my friends, is a high in and of itself. Traveling, whether in the actual location or in the planning stages is a stellar way to learn and practice living in the moment.
And take pictures. Always take pictures.
I am off into the beauty of the holiday travel. More to come in the days ahead.
Be Happy. Be Well. Be.