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Ready to Run, or is that Leap?



It gets to be this time of year and I'm nearly ready to bolt from my surroundings and find a warm destination.  This is more than a cry of, "I need a vacation!"  This is more of a craving for sunshine that warms my insides and brings a smile to my face.  Now when you combine that with the smell of the ocean and the crash of the waves on a beach it's near heaven.

But I have no such vacation planned.

It's nearly mid-March.  Our BIG family vacation was last fall to celebrate our 10th anniversary.  So this year is full of long weekend trips for adventure and escape.  In a couple weekends we'll celebrate my daughter's birthday with a trip to Chicago - American Girl Place, hotel with a pool and a variety of Chicago sights.  This will likely bring much laughter, good food and a family adventure.  Yet, not the warm sunshine that I crave.

I'm determined to find a way to turn this into something good.  The craving, the running away feeling, the need to warmth on my face.  Today I'll find a way to visualize warm thoughts.  Perhaps through my meditation, perhaps through my words and actions.

Warm thoughts .. that's it!


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