A good friend of mine was invited to speak at a conference in Assisi. Instead of being in a crowded hotel with the rest of the congress, she found herself a lovely, quiet place to stay.
She told me there was room for me if I wanted to come along and hang out in a villa in Assisi for a few days.
it sounded lovely. I started looking at how to make this happen. But pre family holiday I was tired, and my efforts were half-hearted.
And then a couple of weeks ago she said that I could still come. I jumped to my calendar only to find I had too many commitments to be able to make it.
Reluctantly, I told her I couldn’t come.
As it turned out, this meant that she got to have real peace and quiet. Actual alone time.
Can you remember the last time you got more than an hour to yourself, with no one around? And no one coming soon to break the peace? Bliss, I imagine.
But it got me thinking that while this may not have been the time for me to go on an adventure with her, an adventure most definitely needs to happen. I feel it in my bones.
And not the “Frodo returning the ring kind” of adventure. We’ve had enough of the heavy burdens.
More of an “almost missed the train home after a beautiful sunny day, with a light breeze and lots of laughter” kind of adventure.
So the planning has begun.
In the last few months, what’s a path you didn’t take?
And what did saying no to that make you want to do now?
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