When it all began, I was just another passenger, chasing the sun across the pacific.
As a traveler, I decided not to stop. The odyssey continued as I finally abandoned my past for opportunities and plied my trade as a writer or student or analyst or whatever else could get me in the position to smell jet fuel and know that on the other side of the jetdoor was a world and a world away. Travel is the journey and the destination, and I do whatever I can to keep the trip alive.
So fast forward, and here I sit. Twice removed from my home, the hour is late and a dog slumbers at my feet. I am tired, sure, but is that not the point? To see so much of the world that you collapse in exhaustion from the beauty of it all? To know what you have seen and to know that the only thing keeping you awake is the bright shining suns in your past, and the possibility to share that beauty with the world, one way or the other...
The question was never when will it stop. The question remains, how long is now?
I ask myself this question when everything is right, and the sun is setting behind a beautiful city to dance its way across the Pacific. There is a moment, just before the sun relinquishes its control to the night, and that moment is my 'now.' I can't capture it with my lens, and I can't capture it with my words, but I will always chase it with my life.
It is so interesting to read (and listen to) how people with wanderlust and the need to travel often explain how that drive works. I think you've stated it beautifully. I look forward to the day when I've made enough money to go on a grand adventure and hopefully not have to stop for a very long time. With all of your wanderings, what has your favorite stop been?
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