I hear the rustle of the leaves in the far off distance and I can smell the burning embers as the last flicker of flames continue to dance on the coals.
In my mind it is Autumn and I am listening to the children down below as they play their little games of laughter. I am sitting on the chair that I've come to know and to love, if one can actually love an inanimate object such as a chair. But it is wood. Chosen by my love and I at a Sunday Antique bazaar. It did not cost much, but the price of the memories it holds is priceless.
In my mind, it is the autumn of my life, as I look backwards from that day to the time I made that fateful move to Frankfurt. With not much money in my pocketbook and only 2 luggages which held a few books, some photographs, clothing for the change of seasons and my digital gadgetry's . It was on this day Monday the 7th of May, 2007 that I felt the wind of change blow thru my hair as I stood at the airport entrance waiting to check in.
I looked behind me, if only to see the person that had been with me for 9 years, not knowing whether his face I would ever see again, just like the many other faces in my life that have come and gone yet all remain in my mind like raw digital images on a glossy 24" screen.
It was time. It was time to move forward in my life and meet my destiny.
A destiny that I have been carefully preparing for all these years, and yet not really being aware of the preparation.
It was time, it was time to take a courageous step forward and live out the dreams that lay dormant in my soul. It was time. It was time to finally, really LIVE.
These are the thoughts that are in my mind, prior to my departure from Houston Tx. My life is about to change in a big way .. and once again I entrust my fate to the wind. I lift up my face to the sun as it shines it's warming rays on my face, and once again, I throw caution to the wind .. to see where my destiny will lead me.
I am EUROPE BOUND in ONE WEEK!
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