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Obsessed With The Dream © 2013 J. Cricket Walker
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Obsessed With The Dream

Somewhere inside of me I thought that my recent road trip would be a quick fix for my restless heart. If anything I have become even more obsessed with the dream to work from the road full time.

Do I have the soul of a gypsy or is there something inside of me running away from the reality of day to day life. Am I hung up on wondering if this is really all there is?

Clearly a healthy lifestyle includes truly living in the here and now but every moment that isn’t filled work to keep me distracted, I find my thoughts right back to finding ways that it can be done and plotting ideas to make it all happen.

Who in their right mind wants to run away from home at 51 years old?

That’s crazy, right?

Does anyone have a small motor home that they would love to donate to me? (evil grin)

Sighs…

Cricket Walker

Finding Light In The Darkness © 2013 J. Cricket Walker
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When Darkness Prevails

When darkness prevails I am usually tempted to crawl back under the covers and stay there until I have no choice but to come out.

Life doesn’t work that way though, does it?

It is during these times that I find myself searching for light – any light.

Even the darkest of days it can be found…

Cricket Walker

On The Road
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Road Trip Blogging

It’s 20 minutes before the deadline of day two of 365 Project Blogging and I am still riding in a Ford Expedition about 40 minutes from the hotel.

Sounds like a perfect time to learn how to blog from my cell phone, right? Granted, it is a whole lot slower and the grandkids fussing next to me are definitely a distraction but I made a comittment to do this, so here I am.

Remember when I mentioned that sometimes my posts will be nothing more than jabbering? Well, this is going to be one of these times. (grin)

I promise to do better tomorrow.

Cricket Walker

Dark and Dreary Start
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It’s What You See

I woke up so excited for 365 Project Photography and 365 Project Blogging because I have desperately needed something to start feeling inspired again.

Of course, Mother Nature decided to offer me the darkest and dreariest possible day to begin this new quest.

Ya know what though?

I am okay with that.

As it turns out, it’s all a matter of what we see.

“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” Henry David Thoreau

What I see is new beginnings regardless of what stands in my way this year.

 

Cricket Walker

Bridges
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Staring At Bridges

For a very long time I have had a dream occupying the corner of my thoughts. A few years ago, I shared that dream with you. It has not dimmed with the passage of time.

If anything, it has grown. Something deep inside of me literally aches for that life as if nothing quite makes sense without it.

[blockquote cite=”Dreaming My Dreams, Cricket Walker”]My biggest dream is to one day live and travel full time in a little motor home or conversion van on a never ending road trip capturing the stunning beauty surrounding all of us – the beauty that we sometimes forget to truly see and feel.”[/blockquote]

Considering that I am a creature of habit and resistant to change, it seems a bit crazy.

Who in their right mind would intentional choose an essentially homeless lifestyle?

That’s nuts, isn’t it?

Yet late at night I often pace like a caged animal craving freedom.

As this year comes to a close, I find myself I staring at bridges leading to another life and know that one day soon, I will find a way…

 

Cricket Walker

A Box Filled With Love
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A Box Filled With Love

Do you have a moment or two?

I want to tell you a story.

For a period of time now, I haven’t felt very motivated. You maybe even noticed that I have not been writing since November. The truth is I have been pretty down for no good reason beyond the fact that after 30 years of raising children, my nest is empty now.

Instead of an intense feeling of freedom, I experienced an almost overwhelming feeling of sadness not being quite sure of what I was supposed to do now.

This wasn’t really something I could share with others because I am usually the one teaching others to stay positive and motivated.

This afternoon the feeling of being completely alone was weighing pretty heavily on me as I slowly walked down to check the mail.

As I opened the mailbox, my interest jumped as I noticed a box inside.

I knew I hadn’t ordered anything.

I tore the box open like a little girl on Christmas morning.

Slowly a tear ran down my cheek and a smile crossed my face.

This special box was filled with love.

One by one I picked up the gifts, a prayer shawl, an angel pin, and a journal.

As I began to read the note inside, the tears began to flow, blurring the words in front of me. I will share just this one small part. “May you never feel that your presence in this world has gone unnoticed or condemned. You bless so many.”

How could she have known I needed her touch in my life at that very moment?

Perhaps God uses others to move in our lives every now and then.

Thank you, Elaine. You have no idea of the ripple you have started…

Cricket Walker