We start anew often in our human existence. Last week, I was supporting a friend as she started the process of a divorce. An ending, but a new beginning. Why is it so hard to go through a divorce which we wished for for so long? Is it the saying goodbye to what we believed in, dreamed together, and the goals that we were working towards? We often still love the person, it is just that the love and dreams take on a different meaning. As sad as it can be at first, it is a cause for celebration. It is a transformation of ourselves. Hooray!
Rilke, a profound poet and writer said, “Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.” Rainer Maria Rilke
- Become a member of AAA -my travel companion and I spent the entire last day of vacation traveling including 2 calls to AAA and an hour tow
- Spend more time exploring, less time relaxing in the hotel room. It’s so fun to do nothing but read and relax..but you can miss stuff that way.
- Find out what the area is famous for and try it out, whether it be “southern cooking”, art, music. We danced nearly every night!
- Travel with a fun person – my friend was game for anything. This is a plus.
- Ask someone to dance – there were so many people to dance with and I had every intention of dancing every dance.
- Go someplace warmer than where you live… it was cold out there in Asheville.
What are you going to do differently from now on?
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