Best of What's Around
Things I learned today: there is a scholarly journal legitimately titled "Thrust for Educational Leadership." Don't know why but I think this is hilarious. Other things I learned: There are people in the world who sell dirt, and other people in the world who offer sales on cow manure (who knew?). Others who sell rocks (if only I'd thought of that!). The drive Up North was clearly marked by one really terrible dissertation (where the thrust for leadership came from) and some very interesting sights along the back roads. Oh! And, according to billboards, all the good stories begin at Grand Casino in Mille Lacs so I know where to go when I need to work on my follow-up to Lost Edens. Duly noted.
Following just over three hours and getting my nice new white car completely filthy from dirt roads we arrived at my parents' cabin a little worse for the journey, although it is beautiful up here (as evidenced by my exciting footage of Huey on the beach, below).
It was worth all the trouble, though, for the evening I had chatting with the neighbor next to my parents. She read an early copy of Lost Edens and as the publisher of the local paper, the evening was an interview of sorts for a story they will run sometime in October. It was actually really great to field questions about the book as I've realized I learn so much about it each time I'm asked a new question. It was also really great to feel with complete certainty that the book will help someone.
Even better, though, is that this woman is exactly where she wants to be. In life, in spirit, in geography. The former I'm always questioning and the latter I'm never satisfied with, so it was nice to spend time with someone so content. She said she and her husband went somewhere for a week each year until they realized they just wanted to be here, on this lake, in these woods. She asked about the opening scene and what it was that made me and my parents realize I needed to get out of the woods and back to the city and the answer was surprisingly simple: this isn't a place you can be and not be perfectly comfortable with your life. I came here a breath after a major life change and didn't have the tools to deal with it. The silence and water and woods did nothing but make the pain louder. The city provided the distraction, and the professional help, I needed.
This neighbor is about to celebrate her 22nd anniversary and describes herself as one of the lucky ones, and it's true. She married her best friend and each morning they get up and go out to their deck overlooking the lake and try to solve the world's problems. They never do, she jokes, but what a great thing that they make a stab at it. She told me if I ever decide to get married again that I should ask myself two things:
1. Am I so happy I want jump on a rooftop and tell the world how much I love him?
2. Would he do the same for me?
I honestly can't imagine such a thing right now but at least I know what to keep an eye out for: someone I'd want to be stuck in the woods with and I'd want to jump on a rooftop for. See the things I learned today?
DMB Dave Matthews Band - The Best of What's Around
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Following just over three hours and getting my nice new white car completely filthy from dirt roads we arrived at my parents' cabin a little worse for the journey, although it is beautiful up here (as evidenced by my exciting footage of Huey on the beach, below).
It was worth all the trouble, though, for the evening I had chatting with the neighbor next to my parents. She read an early copy of Lost Edens and as the publisher of the local paper, the evening was an interview of sorts for a story they will run sometime in October. It was actually really great to field questions about the book as I've realized I learn so much about it each time I'm asked a new question. It was also really great to feel with complete certainty that the book will help someone.
Even better, though, is that this woman is exactly where she wants to be. In life, in spirit, in geography. The former I'm always questioning and the latter I'm never satisfied with, so it was nice to spend time with someone so content. She said she and her husband went somewhere for a week each year until they realized they just wanted to be here, on this lake, in these woods. She asked about the opening scene and what it was that made me and my parents realize I needed to get out of the woods and back to the city and the answer was surprisingly simple: this isn't a place you can be and not be perfectly comfortable with your life. I came here a breath after a major life change and didn't have the tools to deal with it. The silence and water and woods did nothing but make the pain louder. The city provided the distraction, and the professional help, I needed.
This neighbor is about to celebrate her 22nd anniversary and describes herself as one of the lucky ones, and it's true. She married her best friend and each morning they get up and go out to their deck overlooking the lake and try to solve the world's problems. They never do, she jokes, but what a great thing that they make a stab at it. She told me if I ever decide to get married again that I should ask myself two things:
1. Am I so happy I want jump on a rooftop and tell the world how much I love him?
2. Would he do the same for me?
I honestly can't imagine such a thing right now but at least I know what to keep an eye out for: someone I'd want to be stuck in the woods with and I'd want to jump on a rooftop for. See the things I learned today?
DMB Dave Matthews Band - The Best of What's Around
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