Tag Archive: "faith and hope"
On Day 69—the last day—as we prepare to fly away from Temporary Retirement and Approximate Paradise, some stories stand out. Some days still glow. Some moments feel…
When your BreakAway takes you far from your native habitat, some remarkable things happen: Your senses re-awaken. You notice things. And you find grinspiration in the strangest of places. …
On the last island (Bequia), it was called the “Dollar Bus.” Here, it costs about the same, and is sometimes called the “Reggae Bus.” They are privately…
Barack Obama became president of the USA, and the whole world, and Bequia today. There was a Big Party of Americans at a fancy new…
Spaghetti dinner with friends was fun, but nobody wanted to stay up to see the years collide. Except the kids, of course. But they need…
When preaching the gospel of sabbatical, I’ve heard people describe them as anything from a six-week maternity leave to 20-minute backyard breathers. Yet a prolonged…
70% of professionals making more than $40,000 a year say they dream of taking a year off. Yet only a tiny fraction of them ever…
(One of the 5 5-word mantras.)
When is the right time to take on of these Breakaways? Once you’ve gotten that promotion or while you’re…
Before we begin packing our backpack (you may prefer it to a suitcase, really), let us take a few minutes to define this thing. Call…
to get you going, and grace you while you’re gone.
I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.
So said the…
