Preparing for take-off has nothing to do with fastening your seat-belt. It is a whirlwind week of compiling the contents of and organizing the backpack that will become your entire material world. It is a mad dash to squeeze in the people and activities that you will miss in the upcoming absence. It is going through all the necessary motions, to set yourself in motion. I want to cross oceans.
Sometimes sitting in one place gives me motion sickness.
It's like I can feel the earth turning, shifting in its universe, and my inertness means I'm falling behind.Some butterflies make me sick to my stomach.
But mostly they remind my heart that fluttering now and then is good for the soul.
I BOUGHT A ONE-WAY TICKET TO SOUTH AMERICA. Uruguay, specifically, where I will rendevous with my sister Emily in Punto del Diablo and enjoy my first midsummer Christmas on the beach. Emily has been working as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Paraguay for over a year and this will be our first opportunity to reconnect and explore another country together. I've been intrigued by South America for a long time, ever since learning about its tumultuous history, epic civilizations, dramatic natural landscapes, array of food, paradisaical beaches, hot music, and hotter dance (what's not to like?), but her being there is an additional pull to this already magnetic continent.
Check out Emily's awesome blog detailing her work in the PC : paraguaypeace.blogspot.com
I've never taken off on my own before without a job, itinerary or travel partner to guide my footsteps. It's exhilirating and nerve-racking and I havn't even left yet.
Preparing for take-off...
wow. never thought of it that way. well said. it is a very different, more reflective experience following your own inkling, intuition, & integrity and creating your infrastructure as you flow along. blessings on your travels, journeying into yourself...
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