Think about those times in your life when you have felt inspired to something really great. Where does that inspiration come from?
The Holy Spirit. God inspires us to do great things with our lives.
----Matthew Kelly

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Disclaimer: I am not a theologian, just a Catholic empty-nester trying to figure it all out. The views on this blog are my own.

FMF Writing Prompt: Explore

 
I was excited to see today's writing prompt for the Five Minute Friday link-up. Now if I can just contain it to 5 minutes, I'll be doing great!

EXPLORE

I love exploring as long as it's not too adventurous. After I moved back to my hometown with my husband and boys, my husband would take me to places that I'd never heard of, much less been to. Being a motorcyclist, he knew all the "off the beaten path" places. I knew I had a sheltered life, but with him taking me to new places I realized just how sheltered it had really been. 

The latest exploring we did was in Ireland. When I go somewhere new, I absolutely love to hear the history of where I am. You know, little-known facts about the areas. As I mentioned last week, we rented a campervan so we could travel at our own pace and take in the Irish countryside and people. It was quite an adventure, to say the least. We explored places where there were very few tourists. From our first night with some friends in Dublin to the Wicklow Mountains, the only time we saw tour buses was in Glendalough, a monastic city founded by St. Kevin. The exploration was done in little villages thanks to people we met from the area who told us where to explore. 

Dang! The timer went off! To see places in my backyard that I've explored, go to my Life in a Small Town blog. There are also tabs for other places I've explored. The Ireland tab will be updated as soon as I start writing posts about this visit.





13 comments:

  1. How exciting to explore new things with your love!

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    1. It absolutely is! He definitely gets me to do things I never thought I would do!

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  2. it is fun to explore isn't it? Your neighbour at fmf#28

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    1. It sure is! And to find things right in my backyard that I didn't know where even there is incredible!

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  3. Will be sure to check out your posts on Ireland.
    Just stopped by from FMF #18

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  4. I love exploring new places as well. I loved how you said "as long as it wasn't too adventurous." Stopping by from FLF.

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    1. Yep, I don't think of myself as being adventurous, for sure!

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  5. Great post Mary, I enjoyed hearing about your exploring. Thank you for sharing. I'm going to have to visit your other blog too. Blessings.
    FMF#20

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    1. I hope you check out my Ireland posts...it was such an amazing trip although it's taking me FOREVER to write about it! We saw so many wonderful things!

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  6. Oh how I would love to explore Ireland!! Perhaps someday! I also like to learn about the history of places I go.

    Stopping by (late) from FMF#15

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    1. You absolutely should do it (once the airline prices go down)! It's simply magical!

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