Gettin' Goin'

The Adventure Begins…

Today is my last day at the former New Frontier Bank, and yesterday was the effective date of my resignation at the First United Methodist Church of Loveland. I started this week with two jobs, and I will end it with none.

But don’t cry for me, Colorado.

Here I am at work – should I be working on my last day? Undoubtedly. And I’m sure that I will find plenty to do in my last few hours of steady income. But, images of sugar plum fairies and wide open spaces continue to dance around in my head. I can’t help but wonder what the next months will bring.

What am I talking about you may be asking? Freedom. Immense, open-ended freedom. I want to travel: see things I’ve never seen, visit family who I’ve forgotten, and help people who need a hand as I might be passing by.

Sound ridiculous? Maybe it is, but a few thoughts have plagued my mind over the last several months:

One is stuff. Stuff has a way of finding its sneaky, dirty, unfulfilling way of working its way into our lives. We have so much crap that we buy more crap to store the crap we already own. It’s a vicious cycle of materialism and consumerism – there! I’d thought I had lost my soap box! I’m certainly not innocent of this either, and after this venture I am sure that I will fall back into the razor-thin shelter of my excess shit.

Another is Jesus. Jesus owned one tunic, maybe a spare, and just a really comfortable pair of walking shoes although there is no biblical reference to support this thought. But here is a guy who owned next to nothing, relied on the kindness of strangers, and yet was able to have the biggest impact of mankind this world has ever seen.

I suppose though, as noble as all this sounds a lot of it boils down to one thing. I’m young enough to do this, and old enough to know I should do it.

I love you all, and wish you all the best.
5.8.09