My Grand Adventure

I had the TV on in the background. I think it was a commercial for why Michigan is a wonderful vacation spot but I only focused on one phrase: "It's amazing that when we get to a place where no one knows us we become more and more like ourselves."

A crazy concept, isn't it? I think that we begin to find ourselves more when we are farther away from "our stomping grounds." I think that we too quickly lose sight of who we really are and what is really important.

When we were on our trip there was sense of freedom. I could dance around New York, hop around Canada. I could scream out the window on the road, I could jump on a bed in my hotel room. Why? I wasn't at home. I didn't have responsibilities. I didn't have to worry about my boss see me skipping through the park and consider firing me because I'm insane. I could have fun... I realized that I can have fun. I was finally free to be me and figure out just who me is.

No matter what your age is, no matter where you live or what you do, everyone needs to take a trip. Even if it isn't to an amazing place like Michigan apparently is! Everyone needs to have the freedom to find themselves again. The freedom to be themselves again. The freedom to figure out what is really important and figure out why.

It's amazing how much we learn about who we want to be when we realize who we can be.