Paradise anniversary

August 25, 2024, Sunday morning, 8:29am, pacific standard time, apartment in Dana Point, California, USA. Today is the 27th anniversary of leaving Wyoming to do my pastoral internship in Paradise,California. It is also the 26 year anniversary of returning to Wyoming from that internship. Back then, it was important for me to stay away from home for a year. To prove what, I cant’t recall. But I accomplished that goal. Even purposefully taking two days to drive through Nevada to achieve it. Today I have been thinking about how I don’t count time at work as much now that I have been here over two years. I am not the same person that started this adventure so it feels disjointed trying to tie together an old theme and a new reality. I am glad I am not obsessing over hitting certain numbers. That was stressful. Of course without that obsession I feel a little aimless. There just is no perfect way to view the world.