Nobody's Hero

Did you ever wonder what makes up life? Now I'm not referring to the biological side of it, everybody that has kids know how THAT accident happens, and yet can turn out to be the best thing to ever happen to you. What I'm referring to is the involvements and experiences that make us who we are.

Anybody that has ever read my Dad's blog, Kelley's Dairy, knows he has had some considerable defining moments in his life. Or you could read my wife's, The Pink Chronicles, in which she talks about several life-lessons learned among our family. But no matter who you are, we've all had experiences in our life which defines us.

Recently I took a trip to Florida with my wonderful wife. While we were there, we spent an hour playing in the water of the Atlantic Ocean. I'll never forget how beautiful it was there, and every day I long to go back. I had no idea it could have such an impact on me. Some day I hope to go back, but it won't be soon enough. I truly felt at peace with myself while I was floating there in the water.

I am back home now, and life has continued to go on as if I never left at all. Work needs done, cars need fixed, stoves need replaced, couples fight. Did my experience on the beach change me? Most definitely. Do I know in what way? Not a clue. Maybe I'll be more patient and calm, maybe I'll miss it so much that it will tear me apart, or maybe things will go on, just as before. But then again maybe whenever things get too overwhelming, I'll just sit down, close my eyes, and remember the one hour in my life in which everything disappeared and I had found inner peace. Then, sitting there in my tranquil ocean of thought, the answers I seek will find me, and the world around me won't seem so small anymore. definately