-The Grateful Dead, "Truckin'"
I just spent almost two hours driving from my dorm at Georgia Southern University to my home in Brunswick, GA. This is the fourth weekend in a row where I've spent a good bit of time on the road. I've grown accustomed to driving a good bit, whether it's to spend time with my best friends at other schools or to come home and spend time with my wonderful family and my loving girlfriend.
One thing I've noticed is the more trips I take the more familiar the roads become to me. I-16 and I-95 have become like close friends of mine and I have memorized all it's twists, turns, the places where it's crowded and the places where it'll be just me and my thoughts. I've driven through about every condition there is: sunshine, rain, day, night, hot, cold, alone, with a car full of friends, and even with a dog in the back seat.
I'm beginning to really love driving on my long trips. The times when it's just me on the interstate and the sun's shining are when I have some of my favorite driving experiences. I don't know what it is but the music I'm listening to always seems to fit and I don't have worry about anything except the speed limit (which on some parts of the interstate you don't even have to worry about that). Some times I think about where I'm going, sometimes I think about where I'm coming from, other times I just think about the drive.
It's during these times that I find real peace, that kind of peace where you just forget about everything and you just are (if that makes any since). Here I am able to sense God all around me, I feel so refreshed and relaxed that sometimes a two hour drive feels like it's 30 minutes. I feel like everyone has something that they do to feel this sort of peace, whether it's driving or reading or hiking, I even have a friend who runs to feel this sort of peace. I think that everyone just has their "thing" that they can engage in to feel this sort of worry-free moment and I just want to greatly encourage you to find yours.
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