The hardest thing I ever did was to leave my family, my friends, my house, my job and my band when I moved out east in 2003 to Providence, RI. When I realized that the dream had fallen apart and I was truly unhappy, I did the second hardest thing. I packed up and moved back home to Minnesota; and had to rebuild my life from scratch. It was hard. Some friends were aloof now and told me I had "made a mistake." But it wasn't a mistake. It was merely a step. One day as I was next to a stream in the Minnesota Valley Wildlife Refuge (Louisville Swamp) I saw two Bald eagles tumbling through the sky at breakneck speed. I lowered my spotting scope and watched amazed as they cleared the top of my head by perhaps 10 feet--and I still remember the sound, like a kite in the wind, as their feathers cut across the air above me. And then I realized how blessed I was and I rebuilt my life. All the ties that had been toxic or holding me back were severed. Those that meant something were reestablished. Because of that step I met my wife and had my son. Because of that step I developed my career in IT and wrote numerous books (now on Amazon). But it was never easy. If it had been, it would not have been as gratifying.
The thoughts of a writer.
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