On a train headed for Austria to meet Theresa-- a friend from school... Out my window is the winter landscape of Lake Zurich...thinking about being brave and reminded of a favorite children's poem by Jeff Moss...repeating it in my mind as I settled my bags...smiling to myself...
Brave Things: "To be an astronaut lost in space, to stick your head in a lion's face, to explore the jungle of the amazon, to sleep all night with no night light on!"
Funny thing...never noticed in this poem how they all are traveling....but I guess in a sense we are all traveling some place and interesting how sitting on a train-- allows a context to teach...
I'm sure those around me at the train platform would question my bravery as I check my ticket over and over again, hoping today isn't the day when my lack of direction takes over in a place where I don't speak the language.. My baby step of bravery just taking a train to somewhere new is such a small step in comparison to so many... and left me humbled, thinking of those whose bravery and courage is comparable to climbing the beautiful rugged Alps that I view from my comfortable, warm seat in a railjet.... Ahhh teachable moment... my thoughts along with powerful words I brought to read and pausing to look for meaning..
"This light had infused such joy into his soul."
We are all travelers... becoming fluent in a language that lights my way...
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