living

The mission statement/slogan at the company that Walter Mitty worked for, was far too long for me to remember, but ended with "To find each other and to feel. That is the purpose of life." Clearly I like this message - for me there's something about finding each other underneath all the masks and hurts that we display. The strapline for the film is something like stop dreaming start living, and in that spirit I decided I would make an effort and book tickets for something I wanted to go to. I sorted childcare, checked I had someone to go with me etc. Then, despite the site still saying it had available tickets, I discovered it was sold out. I'm still trying to figure what next. For a while I got caught up in the excitement of planning a long weekend trip to Ypres, but now the doubts have set in - the weather might be rubbish for driving, which isn't good if that's what we'd mainly be doing on such a short trip. The world is still my hamster/oyster, and I'll keep thinking what I can do with my child free evening/weekend.
Meanwhile the reality for now is that I need to get off to work. Fortunately, I know the living is in that - we can "find" people wherever we go and don't need to jet off in order to actually live and feel. That's a relief!