As you’ve probably noticed, I haven’t been updating my blog as frequently as I had been in the past – new job, new hours, and life in general simply tossed a wrench into my “well-oiled blogging machine” from which I have yet to recover.
I don’t think much is going to change about that in the short term, but I do sense a “return to normal” after the summer months have passed – overtime at work should be slowing down as well as the activities of summer ending, so I do see a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel.
So, please bear with me…
Time away from blogging has provided time to reflect & review thoughts and plans for the future – the time to strip away all the “static” I have allowed to interfere with my goals and refocus/re-prioritize what is important in my life.
During this time I thought of a television show I used to watch as a kid – Mutual of Omaha’s “Wild Kingdom” – a show hosted by Marlin Perkins which aired on Sunday evenings (I think). It was a travel/adventure show where the host and his right hand man, Jim, would travel to Africa, the Australian outback, or some other “exotic location” to educate the viewer about the wild animals etc.
At some point in the adventure something would happen (mostly to Jim) and Marlin would say something like “…so we had to go back to camp to regroup and re-think our plan…”. This occurred so frequently that my family renamed the show “Back To Camp”.
Wouldn’t you agree – Life is an adventure?
You never know what’s going to happen around the next bend in the road or what awaits over the next hill. And sometimes once you reach the bend or the top of the hill ya gotta stop and head back to camp because you just weren’t ready for what lies ahead…and that’s ok!
Why?
Because if heading “back to camp” allows time for the “professional adventurers” to regroup and re-think their plans, it’s also good enough for you and me to do when life seems overwhelming.
Perhaps we should go back to camp far more frequently than we do!
Why not go “back to camp” next time life throws you a curve?
I know I’m going to try it.
How ‘bout you?
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