“𝘐𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴.” - Charles Bukowski ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #sevendaysinisolation 3/7 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ We drove out of town and up to the mountains the other morning (I think it was Wednesday), piling into the car at 5:30am and driving east into the sunrise with our windows down and the herbal smells of the foothills flooding in with the cool air. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This social distancing has created a bit of a return to my homeschooled childhood for me - we rarely left home except for church, and grocery shopping for eight kids. And sometimes (a few times per week if we were lucky or if my parents were thinking of moving again), we’d all climb into our 12-passenger van and go for a rambling drive to explore the world outside whatever home we were in. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I have noticed that I still need these small adventures from my isolation here, and remember that I have sought them out before, when my health collapsed in college and isolated me from my friends, and my first love. I drove and drove to process my grief, to find the light, to remember that I still had choices: left or right, familiar or something new, breathe or cry. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ When I get into my car now, it’s the same. Sometimes I go by myself, sometimes I take my family. I go to remind myself that there is light in the darkness, choice in the sameness, to acknowledge that I am not a prisoner, no matter how the walls may close in on a given day. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ I hope you are finding light wherever you are isolated. It doesn’t feel like very much when we’re all carrying the weight of the world, but it beats the darkness. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #bykellēsauer #hereforit #kellēsauerwrites #60daysofcreation #contentcreator #words #isolationcreation #identity #entrepreneur #entrepreneurlife #inspiration #doyou #thisismyfire #empathy #livemoremagic #mentalhealth #soulwork #selfcare #emotionalintelligence #amwriting #writersofig #wordporn #poetrycommunity #spilledink #writerstag #mindfulness #resilience #inspirationalquote _ https://www.instagram.com/p/B_pUfEiDzTg/?igshid=opuknr3k6ctn
