Can being less busy actually make you more extroverted? Can being bombarded with busyness make one an introvert? Moving has been a literal step back for me. Settling meant all the stuff keeping me busy before has had to take a back seat. Moving away from the city means all the ways city life is good at keeping one busy is now optional for me. I don’t have to face it day after day and I can be more myself without fighting to be myself. I am happily in no hurry to take up the rush again, to join the flow of DOING and GOING. I am totally okay with being ordinary and with my kids just slowly frittering away the summer. I am a townie and living in a town has made me feel more like ME again!
Before I left the city I took to exploring my community in a more down to earth kinda way. I travelled the back alleys intentionally and found a place less controlled, a place quieter then the streets and avenues… it was almost like nature in the midst of the urban. 
There, in the alleys, I could be by myself, not excluding Riddick though ( my smooth fox terrier) as he is the strong silent type one can always have around. I found there more and more beauty because of the break they offered me and the wild nature they enjoyed in secret. To help my strained little soul I began to collect photos of my alleys and I began to be happier in the back lanes then I was in the public areas of my neighbourhood.
I am thankful for our time as city dwellers as I see my Lord had purpose in it as he works purpose in every stage of life. I can’t declare that another city will not one day be home for us again, but I am glad to have a break from an expectation I couldn’t keep up with. I no longer feel like so much of an introvert because I can now go and be increasingly social around town without being taxed by a rushed culture; my senses can keep up and my blood pressure can stay down.
Always Lady Mac an Rothaich
TTFN
