An adventure...

I just wanted to jot a quick entry since I'll be out of touch for the next four days. I'm off to what will likely be an amazing adventure. I will be sure and recount the highlights of this trip. I'll be in Georgia on Thursday and Friday and in Palm Harbor on Saturday and Sunday. Whew, a lot of driving, but it's well worth it.

There will be lots of pictures I'm sure and if I can figure out how to post them on the blog, I will be sure and share some of them.

It's been a very stressful week and I'm looking forward to the down time. The best part is that I finally get to meet one of the most amazing people to ever enter my life. That will truely be the highlight of this expedition. The second treat is the idea that I will be surrounded by nature, beauty, and wonder while meandering through the Okefenokee Swamp. Now that's what I call a good time!

I will most likely post on Sunday night to fill you in on the happenings over the next four days.

Time to think while out of touch...

I've had time to digest some things while on hiatus from my male guide. We've spoken regularly for a few months now, and I came to look forward to his emails and occassional phone calls. It was something positive and exciting that made me smile each day. This weekend we've been out of touch and it has caused a pause, time to decipher some things that have been drifting through my mind. I will admit, I miss talking to him, but I have been afforded the time I needed to process this influx of change that has taken such a strong hold on me and my life.

First, let me start by saying, he's an amazing man and overall person. He has played the greatest part in helping me to see my potential in so many different aspects of who I am as a whole. I've learned so many profound and exciting things that will be revealed over time in these blogs. I quiver at the thought of finally meeting him in person, seeing his smile, hearing his words, and spending time revealing myself to him in more ways than I already have. I have the deepest respect and admiration for him. He is one of the few people I have met that lives his dream, makes a difference, and genuinely cares about people. He's what I would term a "humanitarian."

The human spirit in most people is fleeting at best, which is a sad thing, but he has a spirit that shines through the universe and lands at my doorstep. Each time he appears, another door opens and another revelation takes hold. There is no greater gift than the sharing of ideas, dreams, emotions, and the merging of two minds that think so much alike. I'm thankful each day...each day.

Exciting Times!

I'm processing thoughts at lightening speed this evening. I started writing a spoken word piece, as I was inspired by watching Def Poetry jam performances on YouTube, and found myself staring at an empty screen. I say empty in the sense that I wrote three stanzas, and as far as I was concerned, the page was still blank. I've been fighting the obvious message that there has to be a departure from the familiar, be it for a short time, or permanently, there are more important outlets for my work. The problem is, I don't know what they are, but I'm "allowing" so it will come to me. I'm doing something I've had a hard time doing in the past, and that is, letting go of the need to control what direction my life takes and just going where it takes me.

Funny how this works...I understand there needs to be a change, and I feel that what my next level of writing should be is hovering just on the periphery where I can't grab it yet. So, here I am, ready to take the plunge and have no idea what to plunge into. With each day that passes it gets a little closer to the forefront and should surface very soon.

There are three very powerful influneces going on, one of them being me, that are opening doors in my mind sure to create profound changes. This is an exciting time.