so today im updating my blog from my phone. forgive me for grammatical errors and punctuation. it has also been a while since i have last blogged about travel and my adventures through this life i have led.
i started rereading on the road by jack kerouac and its gotten ne thinkin of how much i can identify with alot of the travel stories and the veiw from travelling. the personal and interpersonal relationships and views of people and places.
it wasnt long ago that i could and did have the nerve and guts to pack up a few things and take off into adventures that i only could dream about. traveling across the country on a whim and the desires of a life that i wanted and read about in books nnewspapers and magazines. to travel like this was exciting. going from city to city just to see what it was about.
the first stop in any city i traveled to was a bar, not just to have a drink but to find a good lookin gal to show me around and see if the city had anything to offer. to see if i could really dig on the scene. man i tell you that some days i wish i could do it all again. just pack up a bag of a few clothes and take off across the country, but now i have my dog. working towards a great career. andf with being sober things have changed.
sure i look back at how careless. carefree . and how absolutely crazy i must have been to people. just to get up and go to find something that i was searching for. im still to this day searching for that. whatever it is. maybe its the spark of life that rushes in when you show up someplace new. knowing not a soul in the town and by the end of the day you already have a few friends that you have met over beers. no thats not it... maybe its the feeing of really letting go of everything thats holding you back to see the world for what it really is and experience life the way it should be lived...free....yes yes my friends that is it..
i remember the day i got my knuckles tattoed very vividly and why i got them done. for those of you who do not know they say stay free on them. i was just about to move back from california to cincinnati and i knew that to me the real freedom of life was just that . that real aspect of travel and giving yourself just enougg room to let go of everything. the space between heart mind body and soul. that loose parallel you have as you awake in the morning into a translucent state of not fully awake and not fully asleep. well at least thats how im going to describe it. i think its time for me to enter that space again. not to leave for good but to get out again and on the road for short bursts and short trips.. this time no beer or booze just good clean fun and adventure. this time to experience another part of america.. this time a forelorn love affair with the national parks and wilderne3ss of america or perhaps the long time traditions of the colonies, perhaps back to mexico for adventures. or even to europe for some hiking and learning the rich cultures of other old worldy times... yes my friends adventure time is alast here.. i encourage everyone to do some adventuring, get out of your usual comfort zone and go out and be free... get out and stay free!
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