There's a satisfaction in home that the road never held.
The problem was never in Kansas City, or Colorado, or West Palm Beach, or Birmingham, or Nashville. The problem was in thinking a place is synonymous with life. Place is only a context for the life you build there. I love the life we've built here. In turn, the place we live has become lovely as well.
Greg mentioned the transition from sacred to the mundane, and the need to deny one to become a part of the other. I agree. I rarely talk about our journey, and when it comes up, I let others think it was as silly as it sounds. But it was never silly, and the lessons I learned there were invaluable. I don't know. Most spiritual experiences are too personal to be defended.
That's all. Love to you all.
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"Most spiritual experiences are too personal to be defended." So true. And yet, they are what defines us, making it hard to explain ourselves. I love listening about your journey, and do not in any way think its silly! I have learned SO much from you!! So I'm glad you share! :)
OK, I cannot help but think maybe this is to me, too.
Perhaps there is journeying too, even when we are in one place. You are taking a different journey now, I think.
I have a friend who moved to Boston with her husband just because they wanted to live there: no jobs, leaving friends behind, etc. Took awhile to build a life.
She said to me the other day that she could not believe I did not care whether we moved back to Philadelphia or to LA. I told her that people have different priorities, and ours was to follow the job. As long as the family is together, the rest is immaterial.
I have NEVER thought of your journey as silly. The farthest thing from, actually. I was in awe of your faith, at that time. Still am, really.
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