DAY.NINETY-SIX> The essentiality of Familiarity.

I’ve found a secret beauty in the familiar. When visiting a new place or uprooting your life and moving somewhere new altogether, part of us looks forward to starting all over, clean slate and all. But then have you noticed that another part of us will ALWAYS rejoice when we see someone we know, even if for a brief second? Suddenly the newness of it all loses its appeal and we become lost in the familiar. I’ve been looking for a place to feel at home in Langhorne that is not my dorm or at the library. Yes, I’ve been looking for a coffee-shop type place that I can sit and do my work and do and know the people that study around me as well as the people that work there. I long for a Sonoma.

A Starbucks will more than suffice. I searched and searched. Target’s Starbucks. Oxford valley mal’s Starbucks. Genuardi’s? Starbucks. No stand alone stores. Until now. I held out on fake Starbucks until now. and being here is being home in many ways. While I may not know anybody here, I relish in the fact that I know how it is set up, how to order my drinks, that it is a very peaceful place to be.

The décor is just to delightful in the light of strangeness. It’s odd isn’t it? How we want to get away so often. Different state, different country, and no matter what, we always look for something that is familiar to us just so we can say “Hey, I have that where I’m from..” I think change is good, but let’s not lose sight of how important everything around us is right now. Being a “regular” somewhere, has a whole new meaning to me now. I’m thinking there’s a lesson to be learned in all this.

At some point in your life I’m sure you’ve said “I can’t wait to get out of here.” And hey, I don’t blame you. But the thing is.. right now, YOU’RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE! Ah, you only live here right now, especially if you want to get out. Don’t waste time complaining about being where you are but ENJOY it! Enjoy the same coffee, the same people, the same cars and traffic. It’s a point in your life. Just one. There will be PLENTY of time for new things later. Remember – new things get old, and old things can seem new. Appreciate where you are in life, where you live, and fall in love the impossible frustrations that bog you down cause wow, you really won’t get them back!