Listening to tracks #2,4,5,6 this morning.
Mornings are my art. They are my moving meditations; my calm before the storm. No sudden movements should ever take place in the morning. I have never understood skipping breakfast, our bodies need fuel to keep us going. Breakfast is a chance to feed the body, as well as the soul, not like the rushed meals throughout the rest of the day. Nothing yet has disturbed the dozy peace that comes from sleep so why not foster it a bit longer instead of rushing to start with the hassles of the outside world?As I ate my gooseberry and vanilla yogurt with bananas this morning, I decided to read some quotes. It's something I've been doing lately since I do not find as much time as I would like to read. Hopefully the wisdom of others will rub off on me or inspire some deeper thought. During this part of my morning ritual I noticed that many travel related quotes say something about the type of people who travel and what travel does to the person. I interpret it like this: For those of us who do not wish to be tourists, preferring to live like locals but with a fresher pair of eyes, these journeys are about discovering ourselves. We must open ourselves to new experiences and new people. It is not the militant itinerary that ensures a successful trip, it is the unexpected and unknown destinations. This past week in Rome, Florence, and Paris we visited one museum and avoided all else with queues and tourists. Instead we wandered quite aimlessly and loved much of what we encountered.
Anyways, I'm rambling. Below are some quotes so that you may take away your own interpretations.
“Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go.
But no matter, the road is life.” – Jack Kerouac (A favorite after going to an early showing of On The Road)
“Tourists don’t know where they've been, travelers don’t know where they’re going.” – Paul Theroux
“Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” – Miriam Beard
“Without new experiences, something inside of us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken.” – Frank Herbert
“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.” — Henry David Thoreau
“Travel is like love, mostly because it’s a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful, receptive, undimmed by familiarity and ready to be transformed. That is why the best trips, like the best love affairs, never really end.” — Pico Iyer (The highlighted part is a favorite of mine.)
“Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.” — Helen Keller
“Home is where the heart is, and my heart is wherever I am at the moment.” — Lily Leung
