For 20 years. my husband and I took our kids to a favorite vacation spot every summer. Almost all of our vacation memories are at that lakefront property.

In recent weeks, we have commented how our backyard has the same vibe as that special summer location. For us, every day is a vacation when we take the time to enjoy our own backyard. Today’s meditation on Gratitude for Traveling with Friends gave me pause to realize how inexpensive and easy it can be to create an experience of rejuvenation and respite that we try to create with travel.

Taking that one step further, several of our live call participants shared fun experiences where friends and travel miles allowed travel to be very inexpensive and more interesting than it would have been without the offers of generous friends.

I have had opportunities to experience the adventure and uncertainty that travel tends to afford. One of our callers mentioned how getting lost driving in an unfamiliar area of the country resulted in the lesson that God is always traveling with us and it’s better to travel with Him, rather than to travel with anger and resentment. Another caller has learned that travel is a great way to get to know someone at their best and at their worst. The unpredictability and resulting stress of travel can help you decide if you really want to hang onto certain friends or let them go.

Traveling with friends can mean going on a vacation or business trip. Or it can mean traveling through life. I do believe that God intended this earth life to be traveled with friends. We all have gifts that are useless unless applied to others. Life was not meant to be a solo journey; invite a friend.

Today, I Give Myself Permission to Enjoy My Adventure

• I am willing to interrupt my journey to connect with a friend
• Friends bring variety to my experience
• I am happy and fulfilled myself. Friends increase my happiness to overflowing
• My destination is only reachable with friends to guide and travel with me
• We travel better together
• I share the load with a friend who is traveling the same direction as me
• God is my friend
• Christ is my travel companion
• I am excited to see the itinerary my friends and I come up with
• There are some people who I choose to travel constantly through life with
• There are some friends who travel with me for a memorable moment

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