Keep Noticing

Dear Friends,

This past weekend I had the privilege of taking a wonderful group of folks to the lovely Lake Anna in Virginia for a weekend retreat. It was my first time going to this little lake less than two hours from the DC area, and it was delightful.

Because the weather was going to be beautiful and warm on Saturday, at the last second I arranged for a group of us to have a three hour sunset pontoon ride on the lake.

It was a lovely trip exploring the lake with amazing company. Our captain was fabulous. We had some snacks and wine, some good connection time and an all-around relaxing trip…and at the end of our time we experienced a spectacular sunset to round out our trip on the water.

Turns out, however, three hours on a pontoon boat without a bathroom...add in some wine...is about an hour too many.  By the end of our trip I was absolutely dying. So while I enjoyed the beautiful sunset, there was an amount of enjoyment that was totally overpowered by a need to pee with nowhere to escape to.

Spoiler alert, I made it back in one piece…phew…but not without telling our captain that yes, it was time to go to shore because our three hours were about to be up even though the sun hadn’t fully set.

These past few weeks have been hard, scary, exhausting…right? I was thinking about that sunset, and how I couldn’t fully enjoy it because of extenuating circumstances, and I think that’s our life all the time right now…it’s hard to decouple ourselves from the hard, scary and exhausting things that are going on in our world.

I don’t have any answers to give other than to keep showing up, keep being a light in this world, keep being good to those around you…and perhaps keep noticing those beautiful sunsets…even if you might be a little distracted.

Have an amazing week, my friend.

Love

Krista