i have 3 times in the last year taken off to “get lost”. not in the sense of abandoning those who depend upon or love, care about me. but in the sense that i needed some “own” time.
May of last year i embarked on a solo road trip of about 5000 miles. all along the way, my family and friends knew about my whereabouts, but i was free to go, do, see what ever i wanted.
at one point i realized that not once in my entire lifetime had i ever spent so much time on my own and had the degree of liberty to do as i pleased. and i experienced not only a sublime sense of freedom, but also a contradictory amount of responsibilty in how i utilized that freedom.
i repeated that trip in september of last year, and then again in march this year. repeat in the sense that i had “own” time. it was great. i will do it again if i can.
where did i travel? west. colorado, utah, idaho, wyoming, south dakota. yellowstone (you owe it to yourself to experience yellowstone if you have not already), bad lands, grand tetons.
if you don’t already know what it means to say we live in God’s country, head west young at heart!