My travels without Miranda took me from Mexico through the United States and across the Atlantic ocean in search of myself and a purpose in life. They prepared me for this wonderful adventure I’m on right now; one that is constantly shaping and redefining itself. There have been many times lately that I have felt that my old life had better days, but then some small thing happens that makes me realise that I might have lost an abundance of good days, but I have gained a great life.<\/p>\n
I have a nomad’s soul. There is no point in fighting that. I can settle somewhere for many months, even years, and be impossibly content for that time, but there always comes a time where I need to go. It is my biological imperative. Yes, it does involve certain sacrifices; what choices in life do not? Would my life be easier if I was willing to settle down? Yes. But an easy life is nothing but a long death.<\/p>\n
For the\u00a0next little while, as I learn to figure out the mechanics of this life and how to fund it, there will probably be a lot less travel with Miranda than there was without her, at least into new places. So, I will practise one final lesson that I learned in my old life, when I did my annual ‘pretend that I am a tourist in my own town’ day. Because<\/p>\n
The real voyage of discovery comes not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.<\/em> Marcel Proust*<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
My travels are just my way of figuring out how this world works. Thank you for following me and helping me make a little better sense of it all.<\/p>\n
*Le v\u00e9ritable voyage de d\u00e9couverte ne consiste pas \u00e0 chercher de nouveaux paysages, mais \u00e0 avoir de nouveaux yeux.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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