A familiar, yet distant, feeling of excitement,
anticipation,
fascination,
creeps into my consciousness;
another piece of the long, winding road of life waits to reveal itself;
in the smoky tea shops in crowded alleyways,
in the overburdened local bus plunging through the darkened countryside,
in the children playing innocent games on dusty roads,
in the spices of the curries,
in the gentleness in the eyes of a simple hello;
the darkness of uncertainty heightens my senses as i set off into the unknown.
Breaking the chains of ordinary life,
removing the shackles of the routine,
venturing,
journeying,
within and without,
at least for this brief while,
the beautiful, mysterious thread of this precious life.
"To love fully and live well requires us to recognize finally that we do not possess or own anything...not even our own body. Spiritual joy and wisdom do not come through possession but rather through our capacity to open, to love more fully, and to move and be free in life."
-Jack Kornfield
