my bags are almost packed.....

I am one of the searchers.

There are, I believe, millions of us. We are not unhappy, but neither are we really content.

We continue to explore life, hoping to uncover its ultimate secret.

We continue to explore ourselves, hoping to understand.

We like to walk along the beach, we are drawn by the ocean, taken by its power, its unceasing motion, its mystery and unspeakable beauty.

We like forests and mountains, deserts and hidden rivers, and the lonely cities as well.

Our sadness is as much a part of our lives as is our laughter.

To share our sadness with one we love is perhaps as great a joy as we can know - unless it be to share our laughter.

We searchers are ambitious only for life itself, for everything beautiful it can provide.

Most of all we love and want to be loved.

We want to live in a relationship that will not impede our wandering, nor prevent our search, nor lock us in prison walls; that will take us for what little we have to give.

We do not want to prove ourselves to another or compete for love.

For wanderers, dreamers, and lovers, for lonely men and women who dare to ask of life everything good and beautiful.

It is for those who are too gentle to live among wolves."

~James Kavanaugh

With that said

I'm nervous and excited

as I get ready for

my trip to

New Hampshire

I'm so anxious to meet new people...

people that I only know from the blogging world

and of course to see my friends

that already have a place in my heart

kim, julie, nina, misty

~~~~~

And when it's time to head home

I want to come back

with a feeling of contentment

and as much inspiration

for life

as this body of mine can hold

~~~~~

{the above quote came from christine's blog

and she got it from denise's blog

and I couldn't resist

passing it on again}