"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new landscapes, but in having new eyes." ~Marcel Proust
Every morning on my work's email account, I receive an email from the head of my region (The Central Region) entitled "Inspirational Espresso". This top manager sends all his underlings a quote each morning to inspire and motivate them. . . I've started a little collection from such emails. For now, due to lack of truly inspirational and deeply motivated blogs, I've decided to start a little online Q&A board (Quotes and Announcements, see previous blog). So therefore I'll put up a quote or two and discuss a little something and hope that appeases my readers for now until I can find my blogging self again.
Today, my discussion is about the annoyance of long distance relationships. Now I must say I wouldn't have started this whole "going the distance" nonsense with Darren had I not thought it would work, but I didn't realize quite how trying it could be. Most of you know I had to leave England because my visas expired there and most know that Darren's business (Dazbus) is just getting kicked off. Because it's a tour company, he'll obviously need to stay in England for the tourist season, meaning we probably won't see each other again until about October/November time. For now, we talk on the phone and email each other but that can only take you so far. I wouldn't say we 'fight' on the phone - we rarely fight anyways unless it's about broader philosophical questions and Darren hasn't yet realized that on this front I am always right. But I will say that every so often our conversations are strained. That's what happens when we try to cram too much 'practical' stuff into our conversation like his asking me how to get the pictures off the digital camera or my asking him to check with my bank there to make sure money got transferred correctly... See, the great thing about Darren's and my relationship is that we talk - a lot. But having that confined to an hour every day or so makes it difficult to keep up the relationship we developed over six months of almost non-stop yaking! In the end this separation will make us stronger... yadada ya... but for now it makes for very strange bedfellows and let's just say annoys me greatly.
"The river delights to lift us free, if only we dare let go. Our true work is this voyage, this adventure."
~Richard Bach
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