Going Away

Getting away from one's home is always exciting. It's a chance to regenerate one's energy and take one's mind off the daily routine or a matter that's been nagging one's mind.

That's why companies send their employees to professional development seminars, workshops and rich organizations send their top honchos to special R & Rs. Such activities not only serve as relaxation but they power up the mind and body and result in more creative problem solvers.

My trip is a private one. I will hook up with relatives and old friends. I hope it will open my mind to new ideas - as a change in scenery can stir sleeping juices and jumpstart one's creative engine.

It will also be a good time to reflect; when people are in the familiar surrounding of their home, they tend to take for granted the order or disorder of their lives, the beauty or dreariness of their relationships. Sometimes it takes a new place to wake up the discontent or to bring one to realize how lucky he is.

Fly me to the moon. And let me play among the stars. Let me see what spring is like in Jupiter or Mars...