SEEN ON THE CANNES TOURThere are running jokes on tours and tour buses. Men particularly tell the one about the guy who writes in his journal "JAC" -- just another cathedral.
It is not "alert the press" that males and females are different. It was very obvious on the Russian cruise how exciting locks are to men, while the women watched us go through the first one, and then went on to other things.
But back to cathedrals. There are the cathedrals you really must see in your lifetime, if you are lucky enough to be able to -- Notre Dame, Chartres. I would add the one in Siena, Italy. My father liked the one in Bruges, Belgium. You may have one of your own, and truly theirs no need to have a "favorite". But after that, you can get tired of it; tired of the thought of it. Especially if you aren't very "aesthetic" -- if you don't appreciate beauty.
But, all jokes aside, it is one of those things that impresses you in its absence. When I took the tour of Cannes, France, we toured the town by bus and then they dumped us off in the resort/city area. Yachts lining the harbor on the left. Rows and rows of places for us to shop and spend money on the right. And in the mid-area, I plopped myself down in a cafe to people-watch. (I'll add here that it is no place to people-watch. Not very interesting and mostly people who are obviously tourists, i.e., you'd see the same thing back home.)
That having been said, I sipped my capucino and began to feel a little disoriented. I thought to myself, "Where's the church? The cathedral?" It just didn't feel like I was in a town, something with a center.
Now I will be driving from Tx to D.C. and I am planning to spend 2 nights in Asheville. I want to take the train through the Smokies, and drive the "scenic Blue Ridge Parkway." After all, I've done the Amalfi and the Grand Corniche. But here is something else I will include, and listen to how they describe it: "Completed in 1909, the Basilica of St. Lawrence D.M. is one of Asheville's architectural treasures and spiritual anchors."
What your "spiritual anchor" is, is up to you. But if you want to be enjoy good health (mental, physical, emotional and spiritual), you'd best have one. It grounds you, balances you, and reminds you how to make choices at every turn in the road. It's just so helpful.
If you'd like to know your Spiritual Life Purpose, right be for a report. It can help you anchor your life in ways you can't imagine. sdunn@susandunn.cc
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