fare thee well, good journey

sunday, colorado gave me an experience that was magical.  fairies.  dragons.  knights in shining armor.  villages.  it was a medieval festival that was absolutely unexplainable.  the setting was tucked away in the mountains with landscape that looked like it was painted.  cobblestone roads led us through the mountainous village as the knights and maidens surrounded us.  it was the most magical environment i have experienced in months.  my cousin andrew and i just thoroughly soaked in the entirety of the day, the sun was baking our skin as we had permanent smiles on our face.

i am not sure if knights in shining armor and fairy maidens really exist outside of the festival gate walls, but for a day i was able to step into what once was a reality for a culture of people who lived the renaissance experience. this was their day in and day out life. and because of that we now have an understanding of rebirth.  c.s. lewis reminded me yesterday that our entire journeys are meant to be like the renaissance, full of new birth.  connecting the before and attaching it to the present, which then brings wholeness to the future we are longing to see created.  this was an empowering and challenging day for me, seeing such a newness of rebirth.

i do not know if you will ever get to see first hand jousting or watch knights carry their maiden off into the distance, but i do hope that one day you will be able to experience the feeling of rebirth that is energizing.  it was one of the few landscapes that i have ever seen that made me think, “the garden of eden must have been something like this.”

so, fare thee well …. continue on traveling.  creating.  and birthing newness. 

good journey, my friend.