Today I thought a lot about the change in me since my backpacking experience five years ago with Jenny. The experience opened many parts of me. I am open to more of life’s goodness, adventures, and newness thanks to what I observed in the Italian people as well as staying outside my comfort zone long enough to understand new. Before Italy, I didn’t slow down enough to see what each day has to offer let alone experience it. Food tastes different to me now. Colors are more vivid. Smells more saturating. What might happen if I took this same adventure one more time? Who knows, maybe Jenny will want to go backpacking again when she is 56 and I’m 91! Now that will be something to write about.
Enjoy all life’s adventures,
Sue Ellen