Kirsten Mustain, Author

It is easy to forget what a wide and varied world we live in.
I spent the week not so very far from where I currently reside – south of here in Texas – and it was interesting for me to note that even a few hundred miles makes a world of difference.
Different places, of course, have different energies and different horizons – hence the term different.
What I noticed in my travels, though they didn't even take me beyond the narrow confines of the Bible Belt, is that even if one strives to maintain a mind and a vision open to new ways of seeing and being, staying in one place all the time tends to create constricted horizons.
It occurred to me that travel is essential to a healthy sense of hope and possibility.
When one remains in the same place and never ventures beyond the edge of the visible horizon, the awareness of new possibility diminishes.
If you want to get a clearer more complete picture of where you are and where you could be, you must be willing to find a different vantage point.
It is like standing on your head. A new perspective is an essential part of reaching your potential. If you always stand upright and avoid tipping your brain upside down, never leaving the comfort of right-side-up, you won't have an accurate view of either right-side-up or upside-down.
Obvious, I know, but something I had forgotten nonetheless.  
I want to thank my father and Sharon and my brother and Lani for helping me remember.
At this juncture in my life, it was, perhaps, what I needed most.  As usual.