I had trouble sleeping; last night in Boston, so I was able to sleep away the first couple hours of this plane ride. I was hoping to get bumped-up to first class, but I wasn’t so lucky. But I don’t feel as cramped back here as I usually do.

The event in Boston was called “Proud 2b Catholic Music Festival”, and I was the an MC and I led a session. I believe this was the fourth year that they’ve had the event, and each of the 1500 people there seemed pretty excited to be there. It’s hard to know exactly what God is doing at any event, but there’s no doubt that this festival is doing good.

Several of my friends from around the country flew in to do something on stage, so it was fun to catch up with each of them and see what they’ve been up to. We each live the unique life of traveling, and it’s always entertaining to hear their tales of misadventure.

It’s hard to do these three-day trips at this time in my life. I know that I’ve written quite a bit about this subject in 2005, but I can’t just say it and be done with it. I am breaking out of all that I knew for the past four years, and I am dealing with this change every day…

I do love the adventure of experiencing a new place, but I have exciting things going on in my own city that are worth staying home for. For the past four years, I’ve delayed many things in my life because I needed to get out there and travel while I could. Now that that is over, I take so much pleasure in doing the things that I postponed.

I think what it comes down to is this. I could continue to travel and make a difference in the world, one talk at a time. But, I miss out on other opportunities because I doing the same thing over-and-over again. I feel like there’s more that I can do than stand in front of a group and speak, and now is the time to start doing it. I’m at peace with this.

This week I’m traveling with Candyce and her family to Cabo San Lucas in Mexico. It will be a cool opportunity to relax and freshen-up my creativity. Whenever I travel to another culture, I always come back loaded with new ideas.