The first question I get asked when people learn of my journey is "Why?". I'm inclined to respond by saying "Because I can" though I know that's anti-climactic.... The idea was formed of a conversation I had with my dad early this year, in February I believe. I was expressing my dissatisfaction for Greenville and the area and he said to me "So, I was thinking....you're young, mobile, no ties to any place, person or thing (other than Poe)...I would start looking everywhere... You have the ability to just go. So.....go.". And that was it.
2 days after my 28th birthday, I hit the road. After 7 months of consideration and tentative plans, I saved enough to make it official. I had to call in a lot of favors and accept help when I really didn't want to but I had to make it happen. I found love and I still pushed forward. Countless e-mails, facebook messages, texts and other such correspondence has made this a reality. I've not traveled much in my time. I've not been to many large cities and I often drove through states instead of stopping to appreciate them. If this journey completes as I plan it to (though it will never really end, I hope), I'll have covered 12 states in 10 weeks.
It was brought to my attention that this journey of mine happens to coincide with an astrological phenomenon called Saturn Return. An alleged phenomenon which is described as influencing a person's life development at 27 to 29 or 30-year intervals. . Often this period is characterized by a time of great change, challenges and in many cases, traveling. I've been on the road, alone, for just over two weeks now and I've become acutely aware of my short comings and my strengths, in an emotional and practical sense. Shutting myself out of my happy little box of comfort and consistency, every day is different. There are no familiarities, no routines or patterns to my day.
I've been fortunate enough to have met the right people at the right time, my guides as I am going to call them. And this journey has become just as much about the people I meet as it is about where I go, what I experience and how it changes me. I will not be returning to Greenville the same person I was when I left. I feel as though I am on a journey similar to that of Siddhartha; I believe I will find my way by doing X, but I am wrong. I will find my path in X place and I am wrong. At the end, I hope that I learn to find home in my heart, happiness within myself and not in my surroundings. Then I will be truly enlightened, and truly free.
2 days after my 28th birthday, I hit the road. After 7 months of consideration and tentative plans, I saved enough to make it official. I had to call in a lot of favors and accept help when I really didn't want to but I had to make it happen. I found love and I still pushed forward. Countless e-mails, facebook messages, texts and other such correspondence has made this a reality. I've not traveled much in my time. I've not been to many large cities and I often drove through states instead of stopping to appreciate them. If this journey completes as I plan it to (though it will never really end, I hope), I'll have covered 12 states in 10 weeks.
It was brought to my attention that this journey of mine happens to coincide with an astrological phenomenon called Saturn Return. An alleged phenomenon which is described as influencing a person's life development at 27 to 29 or 30-year intervals. . Often this period is characterized by a time of great change, challenges and in many cases, traveling. I've been on the road, alone, for just over two weeks now and I've become acutely aware of my short comings and my strengths, in an emotional and practical sense. Shutting myself out of my happy little box of comfort and consistency, every day is different. There are no familiarities, no routines or patterns to my day.
I've been fortunate enough to have met the right people at the right time, my guides as I am going to call them. And this journey has become just as much about the people I meet as it is about where I go, what I experience and how it changes me. I will not be returning to Greenville the same person I was when I left. I feel as though I am on a journey similar to that of Siddhartha; I believe I will find my way by doing X, but I am wrong. I will find my path in X place and I am wrong. At the end, I hope that I learn to find home in my heart, happiness within myself and not in my surroundings. Then I will be truly enlightened, and truly free.
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