Escape or Pursuit, the Path May Be the Same

Have you ever just wanted to escape from your surroundings? Drop everything, pull your money out of the bank in cash, hit the road, and leave everything else behind. At its core, this desire to run away, leave my problems in my wake, was at the center of the genesis of the Newport to Newport Transcontinental Pilgrimage.

Four years later, the desire to hit the road has not diminished at all. If anything's happened, that draw has gained strength, but some things have changed dramatically.

Back then, in the dark ages, the desire to escape was the only consideration. It would not have worked. I wanted to escape from myself, and try as one might, I'm pretty sure that hasn't ever worked for a person, past, present, or future.

The road still calls, but now, I think I'm moving toward something rather than running away. Escape or pursuit, the path may be the same.

Nuclear Reflections - Greenbury Point - Annapolis, MD

I suppose the lesson that I'm learning is that thoughts can take you down a path that might not be in your best interests, but on the other hand, it's worth considering them for positive things they might offer.  Even the crazy ones.

I don't know what will happen tomorrow, but I'll keep putting one foot in front of the other and have faith that the path will continue to rise up to meet me. The next step will be taken in the context of faith that the universe is conspiring to bring those things into my life that are meant to be there. It's been quite an adventure so far.

Catching a Sunrise

One of the disadvantages with the winter season is that the sunrise is late enough that my current day job interferes with my ability to watch it unfold, and I have a meeting with friends early on the weekends that makes catching it a challenge as well.  If I play my cards right, there's basically a few weeks out of the season that I can catch the dawn if I'm quick and lucky.

Today was one of those days.

Dawn - Greenbury Point - Annapolis, MD

Back in a darker part of my past, I'd never even really consider trying to catch the sunrise.  I'd be either commuting to a job a didn't particularly like or sleeping in on a weekend.  I'm grateful that some things happened to jolt me out of that rut.

I'm looking forward to tomorrow and the boundless opportunity that a new day represents. I might even have a chance to catch the dawn kicking off a good Monday.