Step for Step Forward then Onward

I took to the road to Sacramento yesterday for work, and a new colleague of mine joined me to observe and learn. We got to talking and realized we had a lot in common, in what we went through in the past with work and life, where we are now and where we want to go. We both ended up in this industry by pure happy accident, worked our ways up from being assistants, learning the ropes through wondrous mentors, then moving on to get more experience on our own, ready to fly, traveled the country over nonstop to a point of burnout. Looking back, we wonder how we did that?

Now we're older, more seasoned, travel less, and we like it like that, can't go back to that constant jetsetting lifestyle as fun as it was for that time point in our lives. Our steps in life are still ever-changing and our priorities rotate and switch. We want something more out of life, a business of our own, out of corporate eventually into a world that is ours, maybe move across the country for her, maybe move out of the country for me. This is good for now though, and we are both grateful for what we went through, the similar paths we took, our resilience, and where this will all take us in due time. So nice to sit and talk and hear someone voice exactly how you look at life, don't sweat the small stuff, life'll work out for itself, and we are looking forward to our futures bright-eyed with anticipation.

"People see me
I'm a challenge to your balance
I'm over your heads
How I confound you and astound you
To know I must be one of the wonders
Of god's own creation
And as far as you can see you can offer me
No explanation"