Random Friday Thoughts

Today there are several things on my mind. First is the excitement for my weekend trip to Moab and Arches National Park...leaving in 4 hours and 33 minutes...but who's counting? I'm looking forward to a weekend with nature, sleeping under the stars and cycling in the midst of redrock beauty. I'm looking forward to hiking to Delicate Arch and Landscape Arch...I'm eager to experience that feeling you have when you first step around the rock wall to see Delicate, to feel it. That place is alive. I'm eager to take Edna, to experience it all from the saddle of a bike, slowly, quitely, peacefully, happily.

Today I'm thinking a lot of a loved one, a cherished one who is en route to Nigeria today. For two weeks she will give selflessly to the people there and I greatly admire her for that. In my thoughts of her I have realized how much love there is in my life. There is more now than possibly ever before. I believe the root of it is that I am truly learning to love myself and that is where it has to start; there is not shortcut, no way around that. In loving myself and clearing my heart and mind of "junk" there is more room for others. My soul is rich.

Today I am filled to the brim with love. Love for life and love for the people in my life. Today I will bask in the joy of what I have, of who I am and who I am becoming. I have a lot and as I said before, my soul is truly rich. Because I am full today I feel the need to "say what I need to say".

"Say"

By: John Mayer

Have no fear for giving in

Have no fear for giving over

You better know that in the end

It's better to say too much

Than never to say what you need to say again

Even if your hands are shaking

And you faith is broken

Even as the eyes are closing

Do it with a heart wide open

A wide heart

Say what you need to say