“Pinpoints are important to create clear directions”, is what Jada’s grandpa would tell her and her younger sister ‘Gail’. It is only the three of them since their father passed away 5 years ago. While their mother passed away during the childbirth of Gail. With the greatest of efforts, Grandpa Earl has tried to raise Jada and Gail into respectable women. Whilst teaching them the value of family.
Once every year Grandpa Earl would tell the girls to choose a place in the world in which they would like to visit. On even years Gail would choose, and odd years are Jada’s choice. Gail had many things she wanted to do each time it was her choice. Therefore, Grandpa Earl made an exception for her. The terms were as long as everything she wanted to do could be done during his two-week vacation from work he could make adjustments for Gail. “Boy did he not understand the level of his commitment.”
What’s Important
Gail would make all the places she wanted to go within driving distance of our home so that she could do more things. In her mind more places equaled more value to her experience. Although they would visit so many places during Gail’s choices it eventually started to feel stagnant. It seemed that everything on the map was Gail’s priority so it started to feel like nothing at all.
She chose all of the pinpoints in driving distance as her chance to see the world. Which made it impossible for her to truly see which places would mean something to her. Seeing everything sometimes means to see nothing. While seeing what’s important becomes everything. With Jada being quite the opposite. Her choice would usually be one small dot Countries away.
While in travel to the place that is just a small dot but so far away, they would pass by all of the places Gail would usually choose over and over again before reaching Jada’s destination. Although they passed all of these places, they never stopped or else they would never make it to the place Jada truly wanted to go. In Jada’s mind, stopping at every pinpoint makes one lose track of the destination of a heart’s desire.
If she has to stop to use the restroom or eat, she does. She is not illogical to survival is 24/7 in the land of the living. Though she never books a hotel until she has arrived at her destination.
