Such a long and winding road
I'm going through my photo library and geotagging them all. I'm back to this trip I took by myself in 2011. I did one on the west coast in 2010. I suspect that, when I look back on my life, these two trips will remain the greatest thing that I ever did for myself. Both trips were completely alone, except for a couple of meet-ups with Circle people along the way. Each trip was 1500 miles of driving over land I'd never explored before. It was liberating, empowering, and exalting. I love being in a relationship with a very awesome person, but I will never regret the time that I took to have a relationship with myself.
The first trip was to Northern California and Southern Oregon. One of my first stops was Redwoods National Park. I felt so small and so insignificant in the presence of these trees that are older than Jesus that I cried. Happy tears. Tears of relief and peace and knowing that it was going to be okay, because the world is so much bigger than I am. It was a healing experience.
It was a part of rebuilding my life...filling my life with richness. I started school and krav maga in 2010 as well. 3.5 years later, I don't even remember what it was like to not feel whole.