After spending the past few days in Green Valley, AZ, I was surprised to hear that generally people thought that while I'm away, I'm out partying every night!
My daughter, a basketball referee, who spends many hours on the road during the season, runs into the same general comments. Basketball referee....you must party after all the games!
Uh...the truth: When traveling is part of your job and you get time off all you want to do is rest, veg out or sleep! While I'm "On assignment", I work really for up to 18hrs a day! I stay in unfamiliar places, I'm living around unfamiliar people and I'm always out of my comfort zone.
While living out of my comfort zone, I find there are many challenges. It forces me to live in the moment and to be conscious. There is no 'zoning out.' I have to pay attention to where I'm going and where I've been.
The truth for me is that when I'm out of my comfort zone, that's when the magic happens. When I'm not expecting anything and I have no preconceived concepts, I am free to watch and experience the little magical moments when Spirit Support manifests into reality. When this happens for me, there are no words....it just stops me in my tracks and I'm grateful to be a witness to it.
Anything that takes us away from what is familiar to us has the potential for making magical things happen. When we're not doing what is familiar, we're open to seeing and experiencing things without any preconceived ideas or expectations!
Try it....take a different route home, go to a different restaurant...stop in to a store that you've never been or thought you'd find yourself...maybe a tattoo parlor? It's literally where magic can happen!!!
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