As excited as I have been to get on the road again now that the time to leave has actually arrived I am surprised at how much stress the move has been causing me. I felt that we had figured out how to travel with four children pretty well. It seems logical that traveling with five shouldn't be too much different. In a lot of ways it is possible that it will work out a lot better in that Lexie will have more mobility.
It seems that at any time a person seems to feel like they are doing everything that they can be doing. At least that is the way I feel most of the time. So with the feeling that I am now doing everything that I could possibly be doing, the prospect of adding school and travel planning seems a bit daunting
So now that I have done my whining it is time to flip the coin and look at the shiny side. I am really excited to get moving again in that I believe we have a lot of great adventures ahead of us.
A thought that kept coming to me today is that it is really easy to fall into the trap of living a life in a way that would suggest one would get a second chance at it. While it is true that each sunrise brings a new day. It is my understanding that life is a one pass experience. The opportunities that we want to take advantage of and the things we want to accomplish much be pursue or we will lose our opportunity to pursue them. It seems that there is never a convenient time for change and that the unknown is always scary. However it is through facing the unknown and embracing change that we make our progress toward our goals.
Something I find interesting about the human experience is that even though we all float around on the same rock, we all have widely varied experiences depending on our circumstances. Even within the same family at the same event the experience is different according to an individuals experience and perception.
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