One thing seemed profoundly clear when I returned.. Where I'm from (The Woodlands) is a very nice place, it's comfortable, the houses are nice, the people live well here, the people are nice.. But, staying within this little cultural bubble isn't reality. There's a whole country out there waiting to be explored, and it's our rights as Americans to see it. There's a whole world out there that's waiting to be explored, and it's our rights as humans to see it.
For me, I very much feel like this trek marked the closing of one chapter of my life and the opening of the next. One cool thing about this trek is that it was impossible for me to think about the future.. It was quite futile to try; I was jumping from place to place every other day, having no idea what kind of land, town, or people awaited me. But I believe that way of thinking works out beautifully.
Ana returns to Portland in mid-January, and I'll be there waiting for her. From there, I don't know what will happen, but I will continue this new chapter of my life in the same mindset I learned from my trek. Like Aghila said, "When the mind is silent, the universe surrenders itself to you."
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2 comments:
Unpredictability or not knowing what's going to happen next makes life more exciting. Feliz Navidad, Lo'c.
Wonderful!
"The once narrow path became a never-ending field of choice."
(c) Michael Dennis Williams 1970
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