Although we face the east with the sunsetting behind us, taking in the view we marveled at how beautiful it was. It was good to just sit there and imagine the next few years of the process in light of what there is to be gained. The idea that someday we could look up at this sky everynight was new motivation for me. I had realized early on that we needed to come back just to remind ourselves of the dream, but until now I hadn't known the degree of importance of it.
This place feeds our soul.
We watched breathless as multiple rainbows filled the sky. A couple of crabs scattered across "our rocks".
I was struck with the fact that what would become our home was actually a "thin place".
Garnering strength and encouragement from this trip will help propel me through the next steps which will be challenging. Right before we left I was chiding myself with how frivolis this trip seemed to be all the while instinctively knowing that it was still necessary.
Now I knew why.
It is easy to have a dream.
It is much harder to sustain it.
Like anything, the start of something is the easy part... the process in the middle is probably the hardest...
at least for me.
Even when you are nearing the end of something you have the momentum of the finish line to pull you.
So the middle can "get stalled".*
This visit was important. Not logical, or seemingly practical...
but completely necessary.
Next trip we will have make a point to see the sunrise.
"stalled" is a term that the bahamians use when you have eaten too much and you can't finish your plate. ;-)
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