Besides the fact that it has amazing scenery, towering mountains, ice cold streams, and deep crater-formed lakes? When I was 5 years old we moved to Port Angeles, an amazing city on the Olympic Peninsula. PA has been a sanctuary for me over the years. Sometimes I get a motel room overlooking Puget Sound, and don't speak to people for the entire time I'm there...just spend time rejuvenating my mind and soul. The pull of that place fascinates me.Today I learned a bit of "why."
In Dr. Jim Wilder's series called Thrive, he talks about 5 things we need to thrive. The first is "a place to belong." Usually as little ones, we feel like we belong in a family. But honestly, I didn't feel that very much until I got older and knew my extended family better. Several aunts and uncles helped me feel like I belonged and that I was part of a bigger story, which included the Moores, Caulkins, Bagwells,and Garrisons to name a few.
But I feel like I belong in Port Angeles, and thus, WASHINGTON. That is the place I grew up; the place I rode my bike clear across town many times; the place I went to the same schools with the same people from grades 1 - 12; the place we went trick-or-treating; the place I had my first job (Public Library), and more.
The PLACE became pretty powerful in my life...because that's where I BELONGED.
I'm trying to learn how to "belong" better in relationships, so that I won't be so "stuck" in a place --- even a beautiful place like Washington!
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