The weather is stunning right now. Bordering on too warm, but the heat is mitigated by the beauty of new leaves and the clean white of dogwood blossoms and pink, red, and white azaleas. Skies that look like they extend forever. Fields cleared and ready for planting. Everything is fresh.
New.
It makes me want to drive.
To obey that impulse to ignore the responsibilities of daily life... alarm clocks, laundry, dishes, meal times, schedules, phone, computer... to watch it, the eternal forward motion of life, grow smaller in the rear view mirror.
To tune it out with the blast of the ipod and the rush of wind over ears.
To let the sound of robins and the blue of the sky and the lazy float of clouds in front of the sun bleach life into a quiet shade of white and calm.
To be in a place where time is irrelevant and I can breathe and my energy is not pulled in a thousand different directions.
To just exist for a bit. To hear nothing but the pull of air in and the push out, the steady beat of my heart.
Not a possibility right now. Too many balls in the air that simply CANNOT come crashing down.
But... to borrow some of Sally Seltman's lyrics:
"Dreams, they come and go. This is one I've had forever I know. Been crossing my fingers and always hoping for it to come true... Got a dream that's become a friend and a reality!" Australia - 2014. We. are. there.
3 comments:
All of us here will take you on drives to wherever you want - just so you can feel the way you want to.
You are coming here? Yay!! I'll drive you...crazy that is. :)
There is absolutely nothing better in life than having plans to look forward to! I think it's great that you have a couple of years to dream, wonder, plan, and talk about a trip to Australia. I'll be looking forward to it along with you! Can't wait to 'meet' you!!
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