The Countdown Begins!

In less than 24 hours, I'll be catching a Continental flight to Guatemala City with 18 others from Central Presbyterian Church. Ok, we aren't all getting on the same flight, but we'll all reunite in Antigua, Guatemala, which is at least a 45 minute drive outside the capital, late tomorrow evening. I'm sitting here wondering where the year went. It feels like yesterday when our pastor, Jacqueline, ask me to go on the trip and help with some of the organization. Here I am, 9 months later, scrambling to get everything together...to make sure I get an early start, I started the day with an incredible breakfast at Snooze where I'm also taking a few minutes to write this blog. Once I get up from the table, I know I need to visit REI, the bank, and the pharmacy. Then, it's back to the house to start the packing. This has been my week, I've been going, going, and have been so busy with the technical side of the trip that I have ignore the 'emotional' aspect, but it is finally hitting me. I was reading a blog entry by one gentleman going on the trip, titled "A New Kind of Adventure" (www.centraldenver.com/blog) and the quote of his 10 year son caused a swell of emotion. Why? I finally stopped 'doing' for a second. The more I slowdown and reflect, the more stronger the reality...tomorrow, i'll be in Guatemala. A lesson and reminder to me...I can change my reality in an instant, simply by slowing down, no longer focusing on the mechanics of a blog site or rushing to complete my errands, but stopping to look around, listening to the simplicity of someones thoughts and feelings and just letting life happen.