Do you ever dream about just selling everything and going on a long journey? I've always loved the idea of selling our house, buying a nice RV, packing up the kids and traveling around the US for awhile. I have this vision of us loaded up with our bikes, golf clubs and balls and bats driving down the beautiful coast line. Stopping here and there for surfing lessons, swimming with the dolphins at Sea World, and Bob and I taking long, slow walks on the beach. I see my body healing itself just from the doses of fresh salt water air and allowing the tide to pull all of this junk out of my body. I see us laughing, discussing, debating, praying, running and enjoying life from a whole new perspective.
My terminal flaw is that its hard for me to just think about that and then let it go. I actually have the nerve to start crunching numbers and see if it is actually feasible to do such an outlandish thing. Once I start doing real planning, reality sets in. What would Bob do for a job when we returned? How would the kids feel about leaving our home and friends? What about when we came back? Where would we live? Would we have enough money left over to buy another house in the same neighborhood? Or is the whole idea of letting go of a safe, secure, tidy little life all about seeing what other possibilities are out there? Are we so afraid of letting go of our 7000 square foot lot and comfortable routine that we never allow ourselves a chance to realize bigger dreams? Are we afraid of being alone with our families and not having a crazy schedule?
To me, it sounds like heaven on earth. To have my kids all together and have their undivided attention. Not competing with the next soccer match, or swim lessons. But, discovering things together that we never would have had the chance to otherwise. I guess that's what summer vacations are for, but I have yet to see it fully work out that way for most of us. Its usually a week here or two weeks there and then right back to it. Does that afford us the time to make lasting impressions and changes in the lives of our children or family? I don't know. I'm just talking out loud here. Maybe I'm trying to talk myself out of a crazy dream.
Well, if you see a big CASADEGORE sign on the back of a big RV heading south to the beach I guess that means I answered my own questions :-). In the meantime, I'm going to keep dreaming and taking those virtual walks on the beach with my husband while my kids and Buddy the dog are behind us racing the waves back and forth.
Blessings, Tanya
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My dream is to do a world wide tour. Then my reality sets in and I realize I could never afford. Or could I?
I took a philosophy course in college and the instructor brought up a good point. Absolutely nothing is really stopping you from doing what you truly want in life. Where there's a will there's a way ay? :)
Have a good day!
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