The two small and different vacations, one in the mountains and one on the beach, that I took over the span of the last three months have been nothing short of amazing. Great people, great places, and great fun!
Mountains, for some reason scare me. As beautiful as the view is from the Grand Canyon, it makes me feel a little frightened and a lot nervous. I think back to those times as a child when I wasn't an acrophobe as I am now, and think what changed. The mind draws a blank. Planes don't unsettle me, but mountain peaks and tall buildings do. Beaches, on the other hand, bring out the child in me. Flowing water and waves in the ocean, in general, always makes me feel good. I attribute this it to the fact that it gives me a sense of continuity,which, ironically enough, gives a calm feeling to the restlessness that is me.
I'm unsure if alcohol is reactant or a catalyst for conversations to be interesting, but it sure makes conversations fun. I have always liked what a very good friend of mine once said about people drunk talking- " If you say you talk more freely when you're drunk, it unsettles me. I'm not sure who you actually are. The person you become after a few drinks, when you loosen up, and talk freely about your dreams, and mostly anxieties, or the one you actually are when you're sober, for the large part of your life? Did you remove your mask just this once, or do you always wear another one? I don't really know which one to trust?!"
Whatever be the pretext, I felt I had a few good, genuine conversations this time around. Some gave a sense of closure and taught me to let things be, some made me burst with anger, some gave me a deeper insight about people I genuinely love.
All in all, grateful to have spent some amazing time away from the rut.
Mountains, for some reason scare me. As beautiful as the view is from the Grand Canyon, it makes me feel a little frightened and a lot nervous. I think back to those times as a child when I wasn't an acrophobe as I am now, and think what changed. The mind draws a blank. Planes don't unsettle me, but mountain peaks and tall buildings do. Beaches, on the other hand, bring out the child in me. Flowing water and waves in the ocean, in general, always makes me feel good. I attribute this it to the fact that it gives me a sense of continuity,which, ironically enough, gives a calm feeling to the restlessness that is me.
I'm unsure if alcohol is reactant or a catalyst for conversations to be interesting, but it sure makes conversations fun. I have always liked what a very good friend of mine once said about people drunk talking- " If you say you talk more freely when you're drunk, it unsettles me. I'm not sure who you actually are. The person you become after a few drinks, when you loosen up, and talk freely about your dreams, and mostly anxieties, or the one you actually are when you're sober, for the large part of your life? Did you remove your mask just this once, or do you always wear another one? I don't really know which one to trust?!"
Whatever be the pretext, I felt I had a few good, genuine conversations this time around. Some gave a sense of closure and taught me to let things be, some made me burst with anger, some gave me a deeper insight about people I genuinely love.
All in all, grateful to have spent some amazing time away from the rut.
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