Over this past month I have been feeling a little overwhelmed about an upcoming project that has potential to life changing for urban communities that are in flux. It's exciting and a little terrifying at the same time, so the idea of spending time away from my home office and my laptop was very appealing. I tried very hard to only connect with WIFI when I needed to check out something the kids suggested and I did use my IPad for reading on my Kindle app. I have to say it wasn't that difficult to disconnect and I highly recommend that everyone try to disconnect from technology every so often. You'll find it freeing.
My time was spent watching the lake, watching the sunset, watching the deer (who apparently are so used the people that they barely acknowledge our presence), and watching the stars. It was a joy to watch my now adult children interact with each other as equals, laughing and conversing about relevant topics, music and podcasts. It was a joy to watch my husband with fishing rod in his hands lazily casting out into in the lake, he didn't even care that the only thing his was catching was lake grass.
I am finding that this need to periodically disconnect from the turbulent world that surrounds us is a great way to maintain my serenity and although this long weekend was in the mountains, I am absolutely positive that I can find a way to disconnect in my own backyard.
As the world around us becomes more and more derisive, we all need to take a step back, disconnect, breathe deep and find our serenity and in case you are in need of some help I have attached a photo I took of a beautiful sunset on Saturday evening.
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