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Anywhere is Everywhere

08/03/2018 by John 5 Comments

Plane taking off from Wellington

From the window of our apartment overlooking the hills and the sea, I can watch the planes take off from the airport and hear the deep rumble of their engines as they gain altitude. In the morning, before the sun has risen, I watch their flashing lights grow smaller and smaller as they climb into the still dark sky. In the evening, I marvel as the late afternoon sun lights them up like comets shooting upward from the earth. Some people would not want to live near an airport, but I find it to be a comfort.

After a month in New Zealand, the novelty is starting to wear off and the weight of the reality of life here is beginning to bear down on me. I am still intoxicated by the beauty of this country, the friendliness of its people, and the more relaxed way of life that seems to be a part of the culture here. But I don’t know anyone, and nobody knows me. I feel so far away from everyone and everything I’ve ever known.

But then I look up again from my loneliness and watch another plane climb into the sky and I know that everything is closer than it seems. All I have to do is walk down the road, pay my fare, and I can be anywhere I want to be. And then I remember that it is even simpler than that. If I close my eyes and listen to my heart, I know that I am never alone and that anywhere is everywhere.

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Filed Under: Mindfulness Tagged With: mindfulness, New Zealand, travel

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  1. Suzanne Haizlip

    08/03/2018 at 3:56 pm

    Awww John, I know just how that feels. This might be my favorite piece. You made me be there beside you two. Thank you!
    I haven’t travelled much, but I did go to the South Island one time for a month. I was in heaven. Wish I could show you, but you know! 🙏🏻

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    • John

      08/03/2018 at 4:12 pm

      Thanks Suzanne. The South Island is incredible. On clear days here in Wellington, we can look across the water from the higher hills and see the mountains of it in the distance.

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  2. Sue Pegrume

    08/03/2018 at 8:41 pm

    John we are here. I know it is 2 hours away but let’s talk more on the phone or over skype. I feel lonely a lot and I have lived back in NZ 14 years. But when I lived in Asheville I felt lonely too. I have come to realise loneliness is a state of being for some more than others.
    .

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  3. Susan Tinsley Daily

    08/06/2018 at 12:25 am

    We are right here beside you, John.

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    • John

      08/06/2018 at 12:28 am

      I know you are. Thanks and hope are well. Looking forward to our next video chat.

      Reply

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