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Checkpoints

Vacations are like checkpoints.
When one is really needed, you cannot really go forward without one.
It is the fight you have with your partner just as you are trying to leave the house.
It is the travel hiccup, the lost luggage or delayed flight or the flat tire.
It is the awkward reunion with people you used to know, but now discover you don't know as well.

You need to stop and do an inventory of your luggage.
You need to scan the horizon and decide which route to take from here, do you have the right documentation for this journey, should you stay with these companions or should you hastily re-organize your entire journey?

You have to wait more on vacations.  Waiting that can be idling, irritating, or relaxing.

You can be held up or held onto. Pause. This inconvenient stop can make the rest of the trip smoother or longer, decide which way you want to proceed.



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