Monday, July 19, 2010

What a treat to be able to visit my daughter in Arizona the past few days! Before we met up, folks asked, “What are the two of you going to do?” We had no idea, never really do. But the one thing we’re always sure to do, this daughter and me, is to spend valuable time with one another, doing nothing in particular.

There’s not enough of that in this busy mixed-up world that functions on hyper speed, me being a part of it—usually. But when this daughter and I reunite, we make it a point to slow the world down and focus on just us.

We always have an awesome time. Don’t need to spend tons of money, often times spending none at all. Or go to forms of entertainment. A good portion of our time spent together is doing nothing at all. Could be sitting at a table together, each doing our own thing, but never more than a few feet away from one another. This makes us enormously content—our close proximity. And this closeness is what makes us calm and comforted on a molecular level.

Always feel rejuvenated after being with my daughter. Some go a spa to seek this feeling. Others spend time shopping, etc. in search of this level of fulfillment. Me, I hang with my daughter and do nothing of any real significance. Well, most who might view us would think what we do while together would be boring as hell. Not so, it feeds our souls. And so we’ll keep doing what we do, hanging out with one another with no agenda other than to connect with the other.