"You went all the way to Kyoto, Beaumont, and London but you found yourself on a Manasquan boardwalk."- my best friend on a recent birthday cardIt's true. I've been to a few places, always with the motivation to find...something - happiness, peace of mind, contentment. It's a difficult prospect especially when it's a wild goose chase. You won't find any of it elsewhere until you find it within yourself. I know it's so cliched but it's true - you can never escape what's going on in your own head.
Losing what amounts to the weight of an average 12 year old is of course helpful. I have to admit. I love shocking people who haven't seen me in a few years. The reaction is priceless and the result is very easy on the fragile ego. But here's my point: there's got to be something more. And until I find it I'm gonna try going to the next crazy place without really going that far.
BANG! What you just heard was me throwing down the gauntlet. Ok it's after midnight on Sunday January 8, 2012. As of this moment I am in training for the New Jersey Half Marathon which takes place on Sunday, May 6, 2012. If my meager technological skills permit, I will log my mileage here. We'll see. I think I can do it on Nike.com. In the meantime I will, to use the expression from Led Zepplin, ramble on.
"All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, a light from the shadows shall spring; renewed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king." - J. R. R. Tolkien
BRAVA! You go missy. It is so true, as someone who has also traveled, always searching. Everywhere you go, there you are! I can't wait to hear about your journey.
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