I’m writing to you from the sunny fields of northern Michigan where I am taking a break and kicking back with the family, in our home away from home. The boys are getting at it from dawn to dusk, exhausted at the end of each day by the combination of freedom, fresh air, and sunshine. It is the best thing in my world to see their tired faces each night, noticing the sun on their cheeks and knowing this break is one of the great gifts I can give them and myself.
Now, you’d think from the title that I am not up here hunting. Do not get me wrong. I hunt, night and day, right now aiming for that perfect bulls-eye on “family time.” But a vacation does a truly amazing thing for a hunter like me: it hits the reset button. All the cares and concerns that buzz around my head (even during my downtime), seem to be whisked away by the same air that puts my boys to bed at night. Everything is a little softer, a little more golden as if lit by the edges of a campfire. It provides a different focus, the ability to take a step back and see how great my life is and how fortunate I am.
My hunters, my advice this week is to take a break. Give yourself that campfire glow, even if it’s in your backyard or at your kitchen table. Get barefoot in the grass, get some sun on your face and let go of yesterday’s annoyances or tomorrow’s worries. Take a moment, an hour, a weekend to appreciate all the good you do have and you will be an even better hunter, more focused, less distracted and ready to go after the targets you want most in life.
XO,
DFarbz
