How Far Can You Go?

How Far Can You Go?

As a small boy, I never gave any thought to traveling to London.  About all I knew about London was the song London Bridge Is Falling Down.  I thought my whole world was wrapped up in the town of my birth.

Nashville, fifty-three miles away, was the big city and it had way more than my little town.  But bad people lived there.  Shucks.  Most of us, in those days, didn’t even bother to lock our doors. 

And then college, then moves to other cities – Orlando, Albuquerque, Seattle, and other parts. 

My eyes got opened. 

In my music publishing days, I had the privilege of traveling to many cities in the US and in Canada.  My horizons grew.  My life experiences opened.

I began to see the world thru different eyes.

I saw distant shores with my own eyes.  I fished on Lake Michigan, I went up in the arch in St. Louis, I saw Mt. Rushmore. 

And then … London.  I actually cruised under London Bridge, saw Big Ben, was inside the Globe Theatre where Shakespeare’s plays were performed, attended a mass at Westminster Abbey, saw Buckingham Palace, Windsor Palace and Trafalgar Square.

The far lands became familiar. 

I’ve had the privilege to go places, places I had never dreamed of visiting as a kid from Tennessee.

All this to say … dreaming about such things is grand.  To actually get there in the physical body takes planning, forethought, and a will to do and be.

You can go and be and do.  Do you and I have the ‘will’ to go and be and do?

This is not a travelogue.  Nor is it a walk down memory lane and a moment to brag. 

It is a reminder for me, and perhaps you too, that we can go about as far as we dare to go, and are willing to plan to go, and aim to go.

The far shores come about, first, as a gleam in the eye, a desire in the heart, and a will to go. 

Then the plans of “how”.

One of my grandsons is on a gap-year trip to Australia.  He left in January 2018 and will probably return within a month or so from now.  What an epic journey he is having.  I marvel at the people he is meeting, the landscapes he is seeing, the foods, and the life experiences.  He has gone far, and he wants to go farther.  And, perhaps, some day, he will.

I hope you do too.  I hope you go as far as you possibly can.  I hope you enjoy the taste of kangaroo meat on your tongue, feel the winds of the outback on your face, see a koala, and stay away from crocodiles.  And if these aren’t for you, I hope you do whatever and wherever it is you want to go and do. 

Just come back and tell us all about your travels.

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