Expect nothing, assume nothing

In a mere three days, this blog is coming to a close. This particular adventure is coming to a close. Life as I have known it for the past five months is coming to a close. I am on the cusp of great change once again, and I'm okay with trading the familiarity I've come to know with the comforts of home. I'm mostly okay with the fact that there are a lot of unknowns when I come back to familiar turf. Luckily, I have a month with family to be able to restore and recalibrate my relationship to the pace that characterizes my life on the west coast, knowing that my relationship to time and everything else will be perhaps permanently altered. How could it not be, after being gone for five months? 

Expect nothing, assume nothing--a key phrase to remember when I feel tempted to compare my life to how things used to be. I'll have to do my absolute best to kindly place the past on the shelf and welcome the happenings as they come. Coming home is a whole new adventure in and of itself: a lot of elements will remain unchanged, but my new perspective and experience will be what changes the game and saves me from getting restless and wishing I were somewhere else. 

In a mere three days, I'm claiming a new lease on life in San Bruno and then Portland shortly after. I have a feeling inside telling me that everything is going to be more than okay and that I'll be pointed in all of the right directions. In short, I'm feeling super positive even though I have no solid logistics in place as far as work and a living situation goes. These things always take care of themselves and the effort will be put into place in due course. Don't get me wrong, I could have a completely different take on this whole trust thing tomorrow or sometime in the future when my fear of the unknown tendency rears its ugly head. But for now, I have my mind set on sowing the positive, trust-filled seeds to bring forth plenty of abundance for the future.