Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Maps

It's been a full month since I've tried on my DONEDOTCOM boots on and they are just starting fit just right.

I was at a wedding a this past weekend and it's interesting because I've mentioned this couple before, the ones who were doing their pre Cana.  Well I have to say, seeing them getting married brings some of my previous thoughts full circle as well as offers some new revelations.

Those talks you have beforehand are so important.  It stirs shit up, it's the alarm clock on growing up goes off and it keeps ringing from that point on.  I recognize being true to myself was am important part in moving forward in my relationships.  All of them.  Work, friendship, family, love.

Sometimes I realize that crisis is needed for resolution.  Without tasting the bitter, the sweet is less potent.

I was so reluctant to move, or rather, scared.  I forgot one of my own credos; uncertainty allows for endless possibilities.  Moving wasn't as difficult as I thought; pretty much everything I've left behind has stayed the same and in some cases has gotten better.

What I was most afraid of I realize wasn't how others would change but how my own day to day would change.  I recognize that at certain point for some people, they refuse to read maps.  But maps tell you where you are and if you're looking to get some place, how to get there.

A few weeks ago some friends and I went on a walk to a state park near my new place.  One friend and the GPS app on her iPhone so we could pinpoint our exact location and navigate our way into the woods and out again.  I realized how there are no more excuses left.  You can get anywhere, be it Hopstop or Mapquest or Garmin, and know how long it will take you.  If you really try.