So yeah at the outset of the year this was actually on New Year's day. You know J.D has this practice where he goes back and he looks at the previous year and he goes through his journal and through his calendar and through his photo album and and I

thought man that's a great idea I think I'm gonna try that today and you know as

I was sitting there going last year was just awful right like that was my impression of last year and so I was intrigued by the offer of

I'll go back through my photos and see how awful it was, try to remember.

And so I start flipping through my photos and quickly I get to February of last year so it was before you know pandemic and

lockdown and all that stuff and these photos pop up of my family and I in Mexico.

So we had planned a trip last year in February,

the end of February to go to Mexico for a week.

And so we went down somewhere south of Kiankoon I think it was and

it's been a week down there on the beach and oh my gosh like looking at these pictures in the middle of January here in Colorado.

And I was like, I want to be there.

I want to be there.

I need that back.

The warmth, the nothing to do, the go grab a bite to eat whenever you need. Jump in the water and dry off in the sun and oh just it it brought it it brought it

brought it all back and it and it was I can't believe that that wasn't even at that time. It's not even a year ago, but it felt so far so far away

Welcome back to the Wild at Heart Podcast, John Eldridge, and Alex Burton talking about Mexico

this morning with our pal Alan Arnold in the studio. Here, in the beginning of February, so a year ago, February,

you were in Mexico on the beach. And what does your soul say to you now?

I need more than a week in Mexico on the beach.

I need to be there for a month right now. Right? Oh, it's just looking

back at that, it's just my soul feels parched for it to do nothing to have no

responsibilities for a period of time.

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