Off I wandered this morning from the Cedar Rapids area, west again. This time I have lined up some journeys in Nebraska. My first stop was Omaha. One of the purposes of this specific adventure is to build deeper friendships with those I have met in TR. In the last year or so I have participated in three disaster relief operations in Nebraska. Through these events I have found the state to be a second home. I have many friends and connections with the state now. One of the beauties of my journey is revisiting and solidifying those friendships.
I took dinner in Omaha with the friends, and we talked about our lives, jobs, TR, and my journey. I get asked what I hope to achieve in wandering. The answer is simple but complex. I hope for many things… To find a new home, to learn more about myself, to meet people and renew relationships, and in the end the answer I give is, I’m not sure yet.
I feel like I’m just beginning the real journey, this last month or so has been disaster relief and responsibilities for the most part. Which I know I will keep doing, but I am searching for more. That secret that lies around the corner, which is not quite tangible yet, but I can taste it, smell it, and know it’s there. I have not however seen it, our held it in my arms for a hug. That is the journey, finding what is around the secret corner.
Do you ever feel that? The mysterious thing in life, yet to be revealed? It’s the weird that is on the top of your tongue, but unable to be spoken. It’s the possible loves of a lifetime waiting to be met. It’s the dream finding reality and becoming true.
After dinner I landed at my Uncle’s, here in Omaha. I got to see some cousins and catch up on life. It is always nice to visit family they even had a water bed for me to sleep on! Overall it was a nice day, one in which not many questions to life were answered, but I was just “being”, not stressing. I felt right sized and all was well in my mind and emotions. I suppose if I learn nothing else from wandering, at least I can learn how to just be, wherever I am.
Signing off Omaha, NE