It’s Wednesday and I’m back at work. Why is it so easy to fall back into a routine? After I got off work yesterday it was back to the usual schedule: eat, shower, sleep. Thankfully, the Laker game was on last night, it mixed up the natural flow of my evening. I think we all are in some kind of routine, the one I’m in doesn’t feel right and the journey with Rob and Roy definitely helped me come that conclusion.
At first, I didn’t know what the trip was going to be about. The first drive out of Pittsburgh brought back some memories I had in the Midwest. I missed the two lane interstates surrounded by open land; Orange County has none of that. The temperature though, I didn’t miss that much. After I warmed up, something told me I was on a “soul” trip.
There are a few lessons I have learned on the trip, one is the price of inactivity. Yes, my issue with the “movements” was humorous, but in a weird way, life can get like that as well. Before the trip, my life was filled with a whole lot of NO activities. Outside of church and the gym, I barely participated in any social activity. I thought it would be beneficial to stay at home and save money. It’s important to save money, but to use that as an excuse weekend after weekend is downright depressing. You heard it first from me people; find activities that don’t require a lot of money, it is possible. It’s healthy to go out and have fun every once in awhile.
The second lesson is how I define “friend.” Nowadays we use the term friend loosely. Do we really know who our friends are? Acquaintance and friend are two very different words and it’s a good idea to know difference. Rob and Roy, ya’ll are my friends. If you need anything, call me, and I will do everything in my power to help you out. I mean that.
The third lesson I will take with me is sharing our inspirations. Rob, I have to say, your passion in wanting to be happy no matter what the cost is truly inspirational. Thank you for sharing it with me. I wonder what the trip would have been like without the t-shirts, videos, photos, and the website. You made YOUR move OUR journey. You very easily could have quietly packed your belongings in a U-Haul and Mapquested the shortest route from Baltimore to Portland, but you didn’t. You made a point to involve people. Look how great things turned out!
So, RobandRoy.com I leave you with these final words: Happiness is found all over this nation in every size and shape you can imagine. Discover your definition of happiness because it will always be your best source of energy.
I’ll talk with ya’ll later. Peace out.
Mark
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I really like your last paragraph. Amen to that.
Dude, that was so touching man!! Thanks a lot for those words. the idea of the trip was really Roy and Eli. I was going to jump on a scooter and hightail it through the winter.(As you can tell, I am semi-masochist) I am glad I didn’t though because that ice storm in Missouri would have been the death of a brother!! But this is what this trip was about, for you the power of movement for me it was about learning that life isn’t about me. I would have never imagined that I could have had that many people wanting to follow my life, our journey. Your remember the girl in Columbus who was pretty much close to tears? That is what life is about, we get selfish because we don’t think we have something worth sharing, but what happens is that we have resultantly refused to touch someone. And that is not what life is about…..it is not about me, it is not about you, it is about us….how can we(all of us) touch the rest of the world.