Daily Readings

Estes Park, Colorado

The most common question I have gotten is “When are you coming back?”  The tone of this question has changed from one of inquisition to one of concern.  The answer is I am coming back this week.

The next most common question is “how long will it take you to transition?”  Maybe the best answer is “I hope I do not.”  Perhaps debatable, but this trip has not been some odyssey to find myself.  It has not been some quest to escape reality…

It has been a chance to “be who I am and do what I do in a place that I love…”  I would expect this to continue… even if it is on the other side of the Mississippi.

My goal was to buy a laptop, block off some time in August, and go somewhere to write.  That block of time is over and prior commitments and expectations are waiting to be fulfilled.  For those reasons I am ready to come back.  Next time I will block off more time and leave with less commitmentsJ.

Do I want to leave?  Not really, but who would?  I wake up each day and simply listen to God.  I patiently wait for the plan to unfold and watch in amazement as it does…. 

It is much easier to put yourself in this position then you think (just ask NIKE).  However, the hardest part is actually sustaining it.  Our minds are hardwired from a very young age to be productive, and society has some pretty clear descriptions of what qualifies as “productive”.  I am ready to go back, but am willing to admit that I have seriously considered “what if…” 

So when you take a long trip it is customary to bring back a souvenir (or a “find”).  Thankfully my mode of transportation limits my ability to acquire such things.   Instead I have a collection of stories, photographs, and memories of random moments.  I have also found some things that can’t be seen…

I found my soul.  I found my faith.  I found some unfulfilled dreams.  I found a reason for being… 

And much like that flat surface in your home that collects stuff, they were there all along; they just needed to be uncovered…again.   

Geoff Glibbery

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