Tuesday, February 2, 2010

starting a journey...

it's day two of the year's second month. i don't think i have quite caught my breath yet.

i kept reading the lyrics of Rent's 'seasons of love' and can't help but think of the many, many possibilities and opportunities and even tragedies that can occur in a year.

i should make a stand right now and refuse to let another month pass by in a blur. i should let each minute count for something. (let me round that up to a day...i'm not so much into micro-managing, hehe)

there's a line in the song that goes "....Five hundred twenty-five thousand journeys to plan..."

i want that. i want to go on a journey. not a visit, not a trip, not a tour. a journey.

just the word "journey" itself implies a soulful experience--traveling and gathering golden nuggets of wisdom along the way.

when i travel to a place away from home, i want to walk the streets and ride the public transport. it allows me to look more closely and see the gaps and cracks that make the local face more interesting and real.

sometimes i like traveling alone. alone means not having to make small talk or going through the inevitable--and frustrating!--discussion of where to go next or what to eat. i live for the simple pleasure of a quiet walk. or the pleasure of letting wandering thoughts just wander.

but journeys do not always mean traveling away. which would be good for me since i am not leaving anytime soon. so i will make a journey out of my routine trip to work tomorrow and see if my eyes and mind will gain a wider perspective. let me see if by the end of the day i have a golden nugget in hand.


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