Paying to Get Lost

 

     Have you ever paid money to purposefully get lost?

        We do. Every year. And we even think it’s fun. 

 

                              Come with us and get yourself lost, too.

 

 

 There won’t be all that much to see besides beautiful blue skies and rows of green. 

 

 

 

 And just as in life, you’ll come to forks in the road and have to choose which path to take.

                            This will happen quite often.

 

 But if you’re traveling with us, you’ll have lots of help in deciding which path to take.

 

 

 Sometimes the path will lead you in unexpected directions, but that’s ok. Adventures are fun, especially when we’re together to laugh about it. 

 

 

 Sometimes we’re given a map to help us find our way, and even a card to punch when we find some check-in stations. But sometimes the organizers run out of maps and cards and we have to improvise and find our own way.   

 

 This can make the journey a whole lot more challenging, but much more satisfying in the end (especially when you get yourself un-lost all on your own. Who needs a stinkin’ map anyway?!)

 

 We hope you brought some water. One should never head out to purposefully get lost without adequate amounts of water. It’s usually hot and hard work getting lost.

 

It’s ok if you forgot to bring food. There is plenty to eat along the trail.

Sometimes you’ll see a sign for a big old, beautiful shade tree, and you can even see it just down the path. But your path to cool shade is blocked, so you have to just move on. 

 

 If your resourceful enough you can find a very tall sunflower bush that will do the job just as well as a large shade tree.

 

Sometimes trying to get un-lost is like finding a needle in a haystack. But don’t give up. Life is full of surprises.

 

                           And you might even get scared.

 

                                    Or feel like giving up. 

 

 

But that’s ok. We’ll be here for you, to help pick you up.

 

                     It may look like there is no end in sight.

 

And every direction you turn just seems to lead nowhere.

 

 

               But just when nature calls, you find a sign.

 

 

And eventually you find your way out of the maze of life and you’ll probably have carried out with you a few kernels of wisdom, too.

 

             (Go ahead. You knew that was coming, right? hehe!)

              So, have you ever paid money to get lost?