Without something to get attached to, we drift. From this to that to who knows what’s next. And while being adrift can be a nice change of pace, having a home base, a point zero from which your personal coordinates extend outward and lead you back, is good for one’s mental health. Knowing what to expect is a comforting thing. We can relax, turn our attention away from a constantly changing environment to personal tasks and projects.
My wife and my week of “research” is over. Wasn’t ready to leave. But now that we’ve left the smaller island and landed on a bigger, I’m ready to go home. I feel refreshed, eager to venture to a different depth, to move not through physical space, but other spaces — social, emotional, intellectual . . . .
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