Today is the last day of our trip to Disney World. We enjoyed it, the place is chaotic and intense, but it did work it’s magic – thanks Walt – and we began to learn how to relax just as it is time to leave. Vacations are like that. We are grateful to the good and thoughtful people of the Creative Group at Bedlam Farm. All through the summer in the weeks after my open heart surgery, they scraped and schemed and raised enough money for Maria and I to come here. We could not have considered it otherwise.
They bought non-exchangeable or returnable gift cards so we could not refuse, and it turned out to be especially timely on many levels, for many reasons. We could not have imagined the death of Simon and Lenore in the week preceding our trip. Fate is mysterious, I do not like to think what might have happened if either of them had fallen ill while we were away. I love watching Disney World evolve, it reflects everything that is great and troubling about America, Disney’s genius and creativity are eternally fascinating to me.
We are a land of harried people, wired to our devices, I think many of us have forgotten how to truly relax.Maria and are working on it. We saw a lot of wonderful things, but I think our best moments came when we stopped thinking and writing and being creative and just sat in the sun and held hands or read together. Or when we stepped out of ourselves and danced for a few minutes with strangers.
This morning I am packing up the computer and the camera. We are going to the Animal Kingdom in the morning, we will follow our bliss in the afternoon and surprise ourselves with something, then pack some and then close out our trip at the Mexican restaurant tonight at Epcot, the best meal we have had here. Maria and I are miraculously in sync, we almost always want to do and see and feel the same thing at the same time. We always surprise one another with our soul connection. Whatever else happens to me, I cannot help but being eternally grateful to find such love and share my life late in my life.
I cannot imagine what I might have done to deserve this. This year has shown me what it means to be loved, and to love.
Do not ever give up on love. If you are open to it, it will come.
We needed this vacation. Here, we realized how drained we were, from the loss of two beloved animals suddenly, from the harsh cold of an upstate winter, and from the normal complications of life – you all know the story. We were very tired, physically and spiritually. Life in America gets more and more complex in some ways, it is time to worry about boarding passes, packing for security, airports, facing the challenges of life – work, money, taxes, bills.
That, of course, is the challenge, it is easy to be happy on vacation, harder in the crises and mysteries of life. I am, as always, grateful for the opportunity to be alive and learn how to live. I have more work to do, that work is never done. We are refreshed, restored, filled with love and ideas for tomorrow. I suppose that is a connection Walt Disney and I will always have. I have enjoyed writing a bit about Disney World, I hope it was somewhat enjoyable for you.
My blog is my voice to the world, my inspiration and connection, hopefully my great work. I am grateful for that as well. Thanks all.