On The Route!
The whirlwind of the last few days of the Tour d’awesome planning and the first couple days of the actual Tour made it impossible to blog little updates…not that I’ve had Internet or my computer handy anyway!
I woke up this morning wondering where I was, what day it was, what time it was, and what the hell I was doing there and why. The disorganization of thought kept me laying in the motel bed for a bit before it all came back to me.
Oh, that’s right. Albuquerque. 7 am. Driving Route 66! I still don’t know what day it is. Doesn’t much matter!
The why is tougher to answer.
Often the ‘why’s’ of why we want to do the things we do go unanswered because the things we want to do…deep down where only we know about them…go undone.
We like to do things by committee in society. Our wants/needs have to pass the test of practicality and approval from others no matter how self sufficient we think we are! I can’t tell you how many looks/emails/phone calls I’ve gotten with the same underlying theme…”Are you crazy?! This Tour doesn’t make any sense! Why risk the danger/trouble/cost to do something you don’t even know why you’re doing it?!”.
Well, I call bullshit on it! I’m learning that to trust oneself means to value what one wants/needs without having a good explanation or justification for it. And often some of the best things you will do for yourself will only make sense after you go ahead and just do them. Big things, little things, it’s all the same. Just start now. Clue in to what your authentic self is asking of you and be aware of the need.
Then, do it! Or make plans to do it. Or imagine doing it and think about how it would make you feel. You, not anyone else!
Jump in with both feet. Life is awesome when we make it our own…no apologies or excuses!
6 Comments
Good Job Tiff! HAve a wonderful adventure.
Hell yes, sister. This perfectly describes the 40-mile run I did last month. It made no sense, was going to take a lot of hard work, blah blah blah, but I had to do it. Just had to! So, in being true to myself, I did it, beeyotch!
Why? Its to see me! hehehe…I just don't know what to do with myself until you get here! I am so thankfull that I am right off of route 66…we have a route 66 museum for petes sake in our downtown area
You rock…keep gettin' your kicks on route 66! '-)
Yay! Have an awesome trip!
Man, I felt all Zen reading this one. Now I've got to ask my authentic self what she needs. My hypothesis is chocolate.
I'm so in awe of you!