Vim & Vigor

He's pondering if he wore any pants.

There's something about being away from home that puts your mind at ease. Peaceful tranquility I call it. Now mind you, I do not have any serious issues to deal with and I am aware that I'm blessed with many wonderful things in life, but my neuroticism gets the best of me at times.

Yet, as I type away in my hotel room early into the morning while on a work trip, I feel at peace. Life's little nuances that puzzle my mind seem to dissipate while I am away. What has really changed? Geographically I am most certainly at a different locale, yet my mind is still functioning the same way and it is not like my problems are geographically based, yet in my mind is at peace.

Perhaps it is because you feel like no one really knows you. You can be a totally different person and no one will be the wiser. Being in a strange place away from home allows a person a fresh start. It allows a person to attack life with vim and vigor that once was missing, if only for a fleeting moment.

This escape of course is nothing but a mirage. Once the journey home begins, the wonderful world of overanalyzation and worries will creep back.

I know however, that if I am away from home for an extended period of time, I will miss my family and friends.

Yet, you can see the irony here. It is the freedom of being a nobody when you're away, the freedom of being someone else, or perhaps allowing one to have a fresh start is the attraction that can put one's worries away. It is however, the feeling of familiarity and the interpersonal relationships that's been built back home that a person may long for when they are indeed away. It's just the way my mind works.

I can't win.