departure

Ladies and gentleman, flight QF94 will be departing from gate 23 in five minutes. please stow away your lives for the next 17 days. “departure.” Such finality to that word. not like leaving. or going away. “departure.” it feels more imposing than those other words. you leave for the day. You depart for, I don’t know, awhile. so that’s what we’ve done. we’ve stowed away our responsibilities, we’ve left it all behind and hopped on a plane that’s headed, literally, to the other side of the world.
ladies and gentleman, we have begun our descent. please stow away your worries, your concerns, those little nagging thoughts that creep into your bed at night. we will be arriving in Melbourne in 15 minutes. there’s the other side of the world, and the other side of a word. for inevitably, when we depart, we’re not long before arriving at a new destination. there’s something about being this far away that makes leaving it all behind a bit easier. we’ve realized we need to do this more. let go of stuff. live in the moment. enjoy each other. it shouldn’t take a trip around the world to figure this out, but hey, if that’s what it takes then it’s worth the flight.
ps- jamie here now, chris will be taking over with some of the writing. it is his profession, and he is much better at it than i am, so i will gladly step aside every now and then and just take photos. 🙂