Monday, May 26, 2025

To Travel Beyond

Is it just me, or does anyone else dream of traveling to places… beyond?

Not just beyond your neighborhood or across the country. Not even just across oceans. I’m talking about traveling beyond the noise, beyond the schedules, beyond the hustle. Beyond what’s usual. Beyond what’s been seen.

Sometimes I imagine what it would be like to float through the sky in a hot air balloon…no rush, no traffic, no walls, no limits. Just me, the wind, and the quiet majesty of the Earth below.

To feel the breath of the sky brush against my face.

To drift above forests and rivers, valleys and mountains.

To witness the untouched beauty of the landscape — the kind of beauty I believe God painted into existence on Day 3 of Creation. Land and sea separating. Trees springing up. Life unfolding from soil and sunlight.

That view…not through a screen, not behind a window, but with my own eyes, in real time. That’s the kind of travel my soul longs for.

There’s something about the idea of rising up, slowly, peacefully, with nothing but sky above and earth below. It feels like a metaphor for life for growth, for dreaming, for letting go and lifting off.

If you’re reading this and your heart feels the same pull… maybe it’s time to lean into it. To imagine more, to reach for wonder, to explore not just places but perspectives. Whether it’s a real balloon ride one day, or simply making more space in your life for peace and awe, follow that dream.

Because some part of us is meant to soar.

So here’s to the dreamers.

To those who look at the sky and feel called higher.

To those who still believe in beauty, and in the unseen things just waiting to be discovered.

What’s your “beyond”?

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