DAY.ONE> Life on the open road

So I'm starting this blog because well, I can! I have time on my hands which is something we usually don't have right? Quit my job and I'm on the move, I'm on a search. I don't believe that you can't have a job that you cant love. I don't believe you need to settle for anything less than something that you can wake up and want to do everyday. This is my first day off and my first actual "vacation" if we can call it that, in a while.

I'm on the road today to Philly to visit a couple of close friends. Why some of my closest friends are in Philly is a whole different story. Life is good here - the air is crisp, my windows are rolled down, and the setting sun illuminates the darkest parts of the clouds, giving them light in all different shades. The scenery is breathtaking, but perhaps not in conventional ways. Maybe there are some things we take for granted that have stopped giving us a sense of awe. I wonder how we can re-ignite those senses...

It was a quick three hour drive with music from David Crowder, to Michael Buble and even Paramore. New music is certainly addicting. I enjoyed the ride as I got into the town and noticed that while I have always loved and will always love NYC because of the variety and diversity, maybe Philly had something to offer as well - I had seen it plenty of times before but something was a little different about this time. It seemed more friendly, more quaint, more toned-down. Whatever it was, I was happy to be there.

Going back to our sense of awe, I heard a quote which I really liked and it has been a big influence on my thought process and that is "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the number of moments that take our breath away."