Growing. and growing up means moving from where you stand, accepting new faces concurrently with saying farewell to familiar smiles. perhaps growing up resembles the feeling of buying a new pair of shoes-- first find a suitable pair, try them on in the store, walk around enough without suspicion, tilt your head right and left weighing the possibility, look at them, examine closer as you pull your leg and shoe closer to eager eyes suveying how good the grips on the bottom really are. okay, you decide, lets try it. here we go, through the check out line, shoes on feet. barcode on box scanned. old shoes nestled with silica gel packet and white tissue paper. you smell like new. on the way, life is the sliding glass door in front of you--- open. new shoes on for new adventures, perhaps uncertain how and when feet, life, will adjust as well as the old shoes did in the box now sitting on the passenger seat. well, hello life, here i am!
life is a blank canvas, propped on the easal of life so far. and growing up. from waiting for the school bus as a bright, beaming, little kidnergardner to now.life now is packing duffels, planning lunch dates, hugging longer, holding sweeter to commonality, community even. rolling mattresses, folding clothes and pressing them into zippered, enclosed, traversable mediums so, like you, it is free and ready to go. shoes laced, mental or actual check list run through, stuffed in a coat or pants pocket. camera packed. leisure crossword, journal or book- your vade macum. tissues portable in plastic, memories potable. imbibe them as long or little for they become latent acumen for future days. frills and frissons of future -- sigh, the plane finds the air to be friendly so it stays over an ocean, several land masses until its tired and ready for land again.
adjust your sweater, zip up yoru jacket, stretch up your arms and breathe out! breathe in... hmm. are you feeling zen? leaving is slow, difficult, exciting, uncertain, strange yet happening none the less. does leaving mean arriving? (pause). peace love smiles. bon voyage. hasta luego. arrivederci. ten cuidado. ve gates (misspelled GER). bon swa zanmis. you are beautiful, ebullient, exuberant and the people to whom you are present with feel your light of love, your light for life. your smile, too. perseverance for peace, justice, the good, the worthy. remember the energy and the interconnectedness of life. (the loom of life!) a smile and laughter should always be shared- shoul dthey not? and tears, too. yes?
here's to open hearts, open minds, open hands. here's to life, love, growth, change, memories, beauty, truth, purpose, experience, goofiness, incipience, evolving, culture shock, new cuisine, discovering... here is to YOU!
peace and loveBG
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