As I think back,
for the past 3 years, each year in February/March when I came to San
Francisco for meetings, I'd made the effort to visit a place in Northern
California. It was Point Reyes National Seashore two years ago;
Yosemite last year and Big Sur this year.
I
remember that, each time before the trip, I'd feel somewhat anxious;
then fall in love with the place; then feel dreadful to come back to
civilization, especially to downtown San Francisco... Strangely enough,
however, each time when I finally get back to the city, I'd always feel
tremendous relief and comfort -- it brings such conflicting feelings...
always!
When
you think about it, our desire to seek "familiarity" and "comfort zone"
might be the biggest barrier for us to venture out to fully live our
lives. I've always been thankful for being young and fearless once in
my life. To be exact, it was 28 years ago when I abruptly dropped
everything I was familiar with to came to this piece of foreign land. I
am ashamed to say today that, even when given another chance, I might
not do it again -- not because I have any regrets, but because I have
more fear about the unknown...
Youth is such an amazing and beautiful thing!!
To restore the courage from my past, I am planning a trip to Iceland in June.
Big Sur, California
February 14-15, 2016
What an interesting post to stumble upon...I'll have to read it again to really do it justice, but I wanted to say hello right away! You visit the neck of the woods that I have know well...not only the locals of California that you mention, but the arc of difference between youth and experience. Iceland ahead? You still have a spirit of adventure. Now I will poke around your blog a bit more.
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