Mind-Boggling Change

It's our 13th day living in this little cottage in the middle of no-where. Well, it's not exactly in the middle of nowhere but to get here there is about two miles of dirt road off of the highway that runs from Sonoita downhill to I-10. That dirt road is literally a washboard. I can hear my teeth rattle as I drive it. There are several other structures here with other people living or working in them but we have little contact.

We have 10 more days in this spot and we move on. The name of the game for us is change. Years ago I trained employees how to deal with change. Now I'm getting a full dose. Everywhere we go is a change and we know it will be followed by another change. Big time change. I know the dangers of so much change; stress, depression, resistance and more. My wife Katherine and I have been together very happily for 33 years but it would be easy for us to get off track in our relationship with all this change but so far we are good. Communication is the key. Don't let resentments build because of the feeling of never being settled, not having our stuff etc. Above all we can't let little things grow until they become the proverbial elephant in the room. Self care is also important. We are learning as we go.

Traveling and change was easier in the past because we had our home to go home to but now with no stability it's more difficult to adjust. I like to think of us as residents of the Earth or maybe the Universe, those are our homes. We are finding it's not always easy but we enjoy feeling like we belong to those larger entities.

So change goes on even as we read, write, think, converse right here in Sonoita, AZ. 

Stan the Man