I hear this all the time: “I wish I could just get away from it all and just sit on a beach somewhere!” Mostly people say this, or something like it, when they are fantasizing about getting away from whatever pickle they’re in.

I can relate; I’ve had that same thought myself more than once.

But the thing is, once I get to that beach (or that mountain or forest or other far-away place) and tune out…eventually my thoughts come right back around to the ones that were there before I left.

Because while we may leave home, we never leave ourselves…