Does anyone else have a passion to travel?
Not just the "oh, that place looks cool to see someday," but the "I-NEED-to-go!" kind?
I am part of the latter.
I wouldn't consider it a positive or a negative.
It's both.
Positive, because what a beautiful dream to have! To want to see the world and all that God made. I mean really, what is the point of beauty except to be seen? I'll take that job any day.
It is only negative because it is not in my life line of to-dos right now. I have a full-time job, I have bills and an apartment, I have a fiancé and a wedding coming up this summer, and pets to care for. Who can just pick up and go?
Some people do. Some people have the finances and freedom to really squeeze all the beauty of life into their eyes.
I'd love to go see the most crystal clear Flathead Lake in Montana. Go see Calf Creek Falls in Utah. Go on the River Walk in San Antonio, Texas. Go star gazing in Michigan. Walk in the valleys in Ireland. Site-see in London. Stare at the ocean from a cliff-side cottage in Greece.
Any maybe someday I will!
I believe God puts our passions in our hearts. The real passions. I've always been a home-body, wanting security and stability. All of the sudden in the last 5-ish years, I want to go everywhere!
Where the heck does that come from? I used to love the idea of my 9-5 job going steady until I became a housewife and mom. Now, I want to be a housewife and mother who goes beautiful places.
I know its not rational, and that God has blessed Bill and I with his education and a good long-term plan. And I am happy with the hand I've been dealt giving me Bill and our future together. I know he will excel at his job, and we will not lack. It will be a beautiful adventure.
My fiancé knows my love to travel. (At least I think.) He just this week booked our honeymoon to a resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. I'm thrilled! The sights we will see! I even need a passport for this.
In honor of my passion, I am going to be making a collage canvas of a poem/quote I found online. It speaks to me so deeply, I need to have it on my wall. Maybe even over my bed. Every word and sentence is the essence of my heart. I hope others can enjoy it as well, and that in our lives we all come to realize -at some point- that the only restrictions we have are the ones we give ourselves. I believe that God intends for all of us to see the beauty He created in this life, in our own ways and our own time;
From something as extravagant as traveling this world, to something as whimsical as walking through the woods on a foggy summer morning.
"I want to live simply.
I want to sit by the window when it rains
and read a book I'll never be tested on.
I want to paint because I want to,
not because I've got something to prove.
I want to listen to my body,
fall asleep when the moon is high
and wake up slowly,
with no place to rush off to.
I want not to be governed by money
or clocks or any of the artificial
restraints that humanity
imposes on itself. I just want to be,
boundless and infinite."
