Good Friends, Good Fortune

Sometimes in our cross country sprints, the timing and trail sync up perfectly where we get to see friends/family for a quick bite to eat.  Today was one of those days!  Our good friends, Chase and Amanda met us by the interstate in a parking lot that had enough room for our home on wheels (one of the challenges of traveling with your house) in Arkansas.  They treated us to a spunky local diner in historic downtown Van Buren.

Gliding down the road in Oklahoma, with fields of gold swaying in the wind, it dawns on Greg and I  for the hundredth time how we are living a dream-come-true.  Being able to get to know and explore places all over the country with people that we love (including the beauties above beside Elvis).  This life isn't for everyone, even though it sometimes might look pretty glamorous, it definitely has it's challenges.  For one, we've been sleeping in Wal-Mart parking lots for the last two nights.  When we are on a beeline to a destination for work, we'll park in places that allow free overnight parking for a quick night's sleep before we hit the dusty trail again.  We don't mind the "hardships" of being nomads.  They keep us on our toes in the best possible ways!  It's thrilling and fulfilling to grow through the many experiences in our migrations.  We definitely don't mind all the boons of being wayfarers, either.

"Falcons for Days"  - quote by Greg Hoffman
One of the many (at least 30 or 40) raptors (hawks, falcons, eagles) we've seen in the last two days!
We consider seeing these majestic birds one of the many rewards of our explorations. 

A theme that has been on my mind the last few days is being open to the possibilities of life.  Right now, there is so much potential swirling around all of us.  Unlimited potential.  It's easy to unknowingly close ourself off to possibility by thinking that the only options available to us are what's currently in front of us or what we've experienced behind us.  Those are, of course, important to consider, yet there's a third consideration.  Ahhhh...the power of threes (a future post).  This third viewpoint is where possibility awaits.  It's being open to the unknown, mystery, miracles, things we can not see but we know are there.  Years ago, we didn't know this "dream come true" life was on our horizon.  We didn't even know it existed.  Even right now, we're heading towards an opportunity that seemingly "came out of the blue".  There's no doubt, that what we sow, we reap but there is so much more to that equation.  It's being open to the unknown, to our dreams, to the infinite opportunities that dance around us in every moment.  It's having a dream goal in mind AND staying very open to how that dream life may unfold.  Here's to all of us, following that majestic bird above, let's open our wings, I mean minds, to the soaring possibilities on our collective horizons.