The First Step...

Was it Lao Tzu who said that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step? I think I’ll expand upon Mr. Tzu’s poetic quote by saying that before that step comes the chaos of attempting to pay off bills, finish off various forms of employment… on good terms, arm wrestle with banks, spend quality time with family, friends, pets and loved ones and finish off projects that have been looming over your head for months and that you simply could not have tackled until the last moment anyway. That’s all not to mention the packing and unpacking, then repacking, ripping your hair out and then unpacking again only to find yourself in a puddle on the floor having decided that you’ve changed your mind and don’t really want to embark on this journey anymore because it was a stupid idea to begin with…

But then of course you do follow through, because you’re not a total chicken, and you find yourself in a tearful goodbye at the airport. All of a sudden you realize that your journey of a thousand miles is actually going to happen, as if you never really expected that it would. You turn from the tearful goodbye and then, you take the single step…

That was my experience anyways.