The Long Road

The floor is cold today.

A sure sign of the coming of Autumn.

I'm curled up on the couch, drinking coffee, watching a beloved Julia Roberts movie that matches my pensive mood. I don't care what critics say about her. I think she is iconic. I adore her. When I see her perform. I relate.

I've recently spent a great deal of time rereading my earlier posts. I'm pretty amazing I must say. (Just kidding.) Much that I read though, still resonates.

I see uncertainty. I see fear. I see triumph. I see growth. I see life.

My life has been ever changing. Anything but stagnant.

The direction seemed linear, sequential; but, what if the direction, the daily orchestral movement, is actually circular?

These lyrics play through my mind this week...

If I needed you, would you come to me?
Would you come to me for to ease my pain?
If you needed me, I would come to you.
I would swim the sea for to ease your pain..

Few things are more valuable on the rocky pathway of life than a person meeting you on the journey with a hiking stick, a mug of tea, and companionship for the next ten miles or so. It's my nature to come. I don't want you to be alone. No one should ever journey alone. Feeling uncared for. If I can honor you that way, I will come.

The bittersweet beauty of travel is the detours. The ways that wind and weave through back roads, suburbs, and through breathtaking cities with a million and one twinkling lights. Maybe you do not reach your destination on time. Maybe you never actually reach the place you intended. Maybe you turn back. Maybe you look far down that road. Maybe you see the precious people who have journeyed with you. Maybe you see the fading rays of sun filled years. Maybe you see the achingly beautiful moments that are frozen in time. Like your first house. Like your tiny, sweet baby with cords attached everywhere. Like the day your first child went to school. Like the days you said "goodbye" and walked away. Like the days you reached out and said "hello" to a new friend.

Maybe you look far down that road.

Maybe you see the place you started.

Maybe you turn around.