2020 Vision

Honestly, I’m glad to see the back of 2019, though alarmed at how fast time whizzes by, faster and faster, it seems, the older one gets, until it feels like you are a child in the back seat of your family car, speeding along the interstate to some destination, as the mile markers and trees are all just a blur.

Oh, to stop at a rest station, get out, stretch my legs, breathe deep of the refreshing air, and gaze out upon a scenic view. Those pauses are what has been sorely missing from my life. The stopping, breathing, taking in the scenic view…I’ve just been speeding along the highway, grown up now, driving the car myself, yet by no means in control of everything or much of anything. Passing all those rest stops, all those exits to beautiful places, wishing I could just get off the road and rest.

That about sums up the last few years, maybe decades, of my life. Hopefully, intentionally, maybe I’ll be able to slow the car down sometimes in the coming year, 2020. Maybe pull off the—cue AC/DC—Highway to Hell (lol), and stop at the scenic overlooks. Maybe just leave the car there for a good, long while and go off on an inviting trail. A path that calls to me, not a road I feel I have to be on to get somewhere, while all the trees and the world just whiz by like a blur.

Happy, Healthy 2020 to all. May we slow down our cars, pull over, take in the scenery, experience the present, and breathe.