| Do you feel trapped? When you wake up in the | | | | leaving town more than a day or two...for a week-end. |
| morning, do you routinely go through the motions of | | | | Calling it "time away." |
| "just another day like yesterday?" In this vicious cycle | | | | Even with the falling value of the dollar, average folks |
| of life, it's easy to lose sight of fun, relaxation, time to | | | | like you and me still have ways to work around the |
| just kick back and enjoy the simple things in life. | | | | pitfalls of "the way things are." We found an answer, |
| Nothing seems simple these days. | | | | and discovered there was no benefit to us keeping |
| With the economy the way it is, it's hard to think about | | | | this information from those we know and care about. |
| taking a vacation. Depending on where you desire to | | | | Hey... even those we are yet to meet could benefit |
| go, even a short trip can be expensive. But, by cutting | | | | from the little secret we told. |
| back on certain comforts and getting out of your | | | | Few believe it's within grasp. But guess what? There is |
| comfort zone, you can enjoy a trip that will be | | | | such a thing as an affordable vacation. When talking |
| remembered while still managing to stay within your | | | | about affordable luxury vacations I'm not talking about |
| budget. It is now very much possible to enjoy a luxury | | | | backpacking and hostels, I'm thinking more of ways of |
| vacation no matter what your income level. | | | | getting a good quality vacation at a low price. Paying |
| Will time allow you to ever find your own piece of | | | | extra for a vacation does not mean it will be better. |
| paradise on earth? | | | | The pricing model of the vacation industry ensures that |
| You work hard, have provided the best you know | | | | some people will pay considerably less for a vacation |
| how, and life seems to bring you...more work. Just | | | | than others. You want to be one of the people paying |
| when you think your getting ahead, something | | | | the lower price. Why pay the price when you don't |
| unexpected happens and depletes whatever you've | | | | have to? Why live life without fun if you don't have to? |
| acquired in the savings. | | | | Why limit yourself at all...with the time you have left if |
| I don't know about you, but I know we don't spend | | | | you don't have to? |
| enough time enjoying each other. Enjoying the earth | | | | Consider yourself. Consider your dreams. Consider |
| God created for our pleasure. Enjoying time to rest, | | | | your family...your heritage...your legacy. What kind of |
| breathe and reflect. | | | | memories are you really making with those you love |
| Do you want to go to your grave with your "nose to | | | | most? |
| the grindstone?" I don't! | | | | There's no harm in looking and letting your mind travel |
| Taste life with leisure. Think about it. What if? There | | | | for you. Just wander to any place you can dream up. |
| are so many "what if's" in life. Too many in fact. I'm just | | | | You'll never know what is waiting for you in other |
| not ready to consider what if...I never see another | | | | places if you don't turn the pages of your book in life. |
| coconut palm tree sway in the bay breezes, eat fresh | | | | Go ahead. Turn a page or two. Indulge yourself, if only |
| fruits and melons, walk the white sandy beaches and | | | | in your dreams. |
| enjoy extraordinary room service. The world is waiting, | | | | What do you have to lose by looking at dreams? |
| but will time? Will there be enough time, when I'm done | | | | Imagine yourself living instead of simply existing. It's not |
| with my nose to that grindstone to see any of the | | | | only possible...it's incredibly inexpensive, and you're likely |
| world? | | | | to find you can afford so much more than you ever |
| It was once quoted that "The world is a book. Those | | | | thought possible. |
| who don't travel only read one page." We were | | | | If your going to be trapped, it may as well be in |
| reading only one page of the world's book! Never | | | | paradise! |