dear vagabonds,
a wee question, from my heart to yours .
could it be ..
sometimes we expect too much? sometimes we anticipate an unfolding that wasn't meant to be .. & in turn, somehow our experience feels like a letdown?
like those travel commercials for expedia . the sky is blueblueblue & the people are wearing darling shades of pastels & their hair looks luxuriously silky & the beach is pristine & you can feel your body sigh, wanting to join them wherever the heck they are . perfection .
& then you arrive in hawaii to discover it rains for four days straight & the airline forgot your luggage somewhere in texas & your view is of the vending machine across the sidewalk .
phewy .
sometimes places are just not what we thought they would be .
a day trip . a weekend getaway . a long-awaited excursion by boat . a dinner party with people we've never met .
i'm going to propose that in these places: only by removing our expectations can we truly explore .
no expectations .
a day .. a canvas, waiting to be marked in real time . with whatever that may be .
guess i'm just learning this the hard way .
in real time . in montana . a place i had a thousand expectations for & it didn't meet any of them .
i still have much to learn . & let go of .
your vagabond in training,
amy
Aug 21, 2009
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