Getting Away
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Don't you just want to get away once in a while? Away from the everyday,
the routine, the hustle and bustle?
Don't you just want to get away even if only in your mind? We need to get
away once in a while.
Recently I asked a friend at Opportunity Village where she would go if she could go anywhere she wanted. She told me, "I would love to go to England sometime and see Big Ben. I want to go to England because they speak english. I would not be able to understand French, German, Spanish, etc." For her, getting away means to travel to a another country, but not so far that she feels uncomfortable because she doesn't understanding the language. For others, it means traveling to a place far away from anyone, maybe off into a dreamland that only that person sees. For some, it means being with their family, because they're away so much of the time that being home would be a wonderful change. For me, a good book can take me wherever I want; sometimes its non-fiction just to learn about something new, other times it's fiction that takes me away in my mind. Everybody has a place, their own place, to where they want to get away. Get away to that place once in a while. You will appreciate where you come from when you look back. |
Jim Holcombe
Marion, IA