The summer of 1970. So many memories come flooding back. I recall standing in line at Sam The Record Man in Toronto eager to purchase the newly released Beatles album, Let It Be. It was also the first day it was being sold in stores in Canada. One song in particular fast became my favorite– Across The Universe. The chorus became my mantra–nothing’s gonna change my world.

But how wrong that proved to be. My entire world was turned upside down in the months that followed and the summer of 1971 was not the one I had envisioned.

I was supposed to be traveling through Europe with a guy I’d met from New York. But I became ill over the winter and my doctor refused to give me the the required vaccinations for travel. So there went Europe. My dad also suffered his first heart attack. And I wound up going to summer school because I’d had to drop out of college that year when I’d been sick.

Decades later I’ve come to the conclusion that nothing’s gonna change my world is just a fallacy. It seems like something is always changing. My life is far from predictable. I know how I want things to go, but whether or not they actually go that way is another matter.

But a lot of great things have happened when life has thrown curve balls at me. I’ve had exciting adventures and met incredible people. Change can be good.

Next week I leave Aguascalientes. And I’m traveling to somewhere that is definitely not my first choice. I’m not flying out of or into my preferred airports. No, everything has changed this spring. I’m not sure how long I’ll be gone. I’m not sure exactly where I’ll be. I know where I want to be and what I want to be doing. But I hold onto the belief that everything will be okay.

Nothing’s gonna change my world is a fairy tale, not reality. But I still love the song.

This will also be my last post for a while until I figure out where I’ll be and what I’ll be doing.

Cheerio!