For several days upon return from vacation I feel slightly brain damaged. Possibly like I began the day with a martini or two before breakfast. The light hurts and I would like to snooze all day – could I be a vampire? Are those bit marks on my neck? No. Just the press of a harried life barging back into my sun-soaked, easy thoughts of, “shall I eat by the pool or at the café?”
Ah, I smile and am reminded how very blessed I am. Though addled and blurred, I am happy. I love slipping into a different experience – hopping on a plane and going somewhere new in just a few short hours. It reminds me how much bigger the world is…
Sometimes, in the slog of daily life, I can get fixated on a narrow viewpoint. I may only see a few options for the direction of my life, but when go on vacation – suddenly the world opens more fully. Two things happen – 1. I appreciate more what I have already, and 2. I expand to see more.
This blurry feeling allows me the space to integrate this expansion back into my daily life. Life is fuller. It is more then, “what’s for supper?” and paying bills. It is this AND that. It is adventure AND the dull grind of daily life with laundry, meals, etc. It is life, up and down, blurry sometimes and clear at other moments. So I wait for the blurring to pass, and clarity to rise again.
Are you waiting for the blurring to pass as well or have you found clarity?
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