In Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Alice asks; “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat.
When I first got my motorcycle, just going for a ride was enough; it really didn’t matter much where I went. But after a while I found myself needing a place to go, even if it was just a loose plan. Although all the travel books insist that it’s the journey that’s important, I wanted a destination.
I spent a lot of time studying maps and planning routes, preferring the curvy backroads that took longer but were more interesting. And I would always take a different way home, because at that point just riding was enough again.
After seven years and 90,000 miles, I discovered that it’s always the journey that’s important, but without some general direction I felt somewhat lost, or maybe vulnerable is a better word.
André Paul Guillaume Gide, the French author I mentioned in my post about the color of truth said this about travel: “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
Note to self: get a sextant and learn how to use it.
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My pleasure Timeless, if I have no challenges (photo or otherwise) my bed develops a dent in it and gets covered with cookie crumbs. 🙂
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Cookies sound good!
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Yes but I can’t each just one.
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Which way to choose? Thanks for joining in.
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Choices, choices, choices.
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Life is a journey too. That’s good when you have your life without many directions.
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Agreed, I have nothing to do theses days and too much time to do it.
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It sounds sad. Much time could be a torture, though it depends on what you are doing… ah, no… on the state of mind! That’s closer to the truth.
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Definitely, its great in the beginning and not so great after 15 years or so.
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