Africa and the dream trip of a lifetime: that’s where I’ve been for the better part of the month of September. No Internet, no TV, no work, no bills, no deadlines, no drama, no cares and no need to play caregiver to anybody else but me. Only the here and now, and the sweet, sweet peace that comes with living in the moment. Africa proved to be everything I dreamed it would be – only bigger; it also offered up so much more of what I could never have imagined, including giving me an entirely new perspective on “blooming where you’re planted.”
Vacations always end too soon, and upon returning to home and to job, inevitably, the shock of this real life sinks in, sometimes threatening to sink me in. It happens after every holiday taken. I’m sure other travelers feel it too; I know I’m not alone. For the first several days after being out of Africa, I couldn’t help but feel it – that deep sadness, that longing, that feeling that, perhaps, I had left the better part of me somewhere over there.
And then I decided to take an early morning walk, over here. [Read more…]
