“Not all those who wander are lost.” -J.R.R. Tolkein
It’s hard to love where you are when you’re always traveling. I mean that figuratively not literally. I have a difficult time being settled in one place when my heart is always wandering.
I am a man with two hometowns, seven favorite cities and a damned good reason to be in at least five other places. So, my heart travels without me.
When I’m in Indy, I long for Monterey. When I am in Dallas, I miss Boston and don’t even ask me about Phoenix…..
It’s exhausting.
I can think of nothing sadder than unrequited love and when those lost loved places are ignored they will demand attention: whether it is physical or emotional.
What should I do when these thoughts take over? Should I ignore the pull of places long lost or should I smile and make a plan to find those places again?
I think today, I shall plan…….
“Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends,
but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers.
The mind can never break off from the journey.”
