It’s been a minute or two since I’ve blogged. I’ve been dealing with some heavy life stuff. I’m not gonna get into it cause it’s private.
But I’m starting to come out the other side of it, and I want to show my blog some love.
What’s on my mind lately is steering.
When I was a kid I was fortunate enough to go on a fancy trip to Kenya. One of the things I got to do while we were there was sit in the copilot seat of a small plane while we flew around Mount Kilimanjaro.
For a brief few minutes the pilot had me put my hands on the control wheel and steer the plane.
It was both exciting and terrifying.
Later in life when I learned to drive a car and first got on the road I remember how I used to grip the wheel bone tight in my fingers.
I was so scared of making a mistake, so vigilant with what I was doing.
I find that to be a metaphor for life.
I’m grateful today for some plans that I have. Missy and I want to move out of state, down to Florida. There are a lot of reasons we want to do this.
However it’s not a quick matter. It’s a several year plan, as we deal with our home in Virginia, some savings goals, and just some aspects of our lives.
My partner Spacey often says, “make a plan, but hold it loosely.”
I see the wisdom in this so clearly.
And I see that that idea applies both to the very short term and very long term. It’s a very good thing to wake up, pause, and assess your day.
For example today I plan to get a workout in before work this morning, spend my day working, and make something very nice for dinner tonight.
Just this morning, I moved around some money toward that Florida goal. There are some benchmarks I have my eye on and we are headed toward them admirably.
There is this interesting tension between those short and long-term modes of perception. It very much reminds me of driving a car or piloting a plane. You get in, get started, make little adjustments along the way. And eventually, that’s going to take you somewhere.
i’m grateful for that.