Tomorrow we begin our week long trip. I'm going to strive to be open and curious, excited about the experiences I encounter and the people. My new son-in-law's family is very friendly, so I'm thinking it will be easy to talk to people, as it was at the wedding. It's an opportunity for me to get to know him better and his background and attitudes. I'm a west coaster heading to the east coast, and each time I've done this (many times as two of our kids lived in New York over a dozen years) I've noticed differences, not bad-good differences, just differences. I'm looking forward to this shove out of my own little box into a new situation.
I vow to listen, instead of rehearse what I'm going to say, to pause before I speak, to follow my heart-mind instead of my thinking. I'm trying to keep my expectations tamped down, and my moment to moment consciousness in the forefront. I'm going to be open to surprise, not looking for more evidence of opinions already formed. The trip will be interesting if I do half of what I just said, and in that way my anticipation is a happy one. I'm allowing myself that pleasure.
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