All through the summer I sat out in my garden in the evening,
watching the planes flying into EMA and thinking ‘I want to be on one and going
somewhere.’ So I renewed my passport. And now the travel idea has stalled. Why?
Because, looking back, I can honestly say that travel never
brought anything of deep significance or satisfaction. I can say ‘I rode a
streetcar in New Orleans,’ ‘I
looked down on Macy’s from the Empire
State Building,’
or ‘I sailed between icebergs and watched dolphins riding the bow wave.’ OK, I’m
glad I did; but they were fleeting experiences. I went to Ireland
once looking for something. Whatever it was, I didn’t find it.
No, all the experiences of depth and significance came
walking past my front door and I simply let them in.
So what now? I’m becoming bored and impatient, but I’m not
prepared to squander a lot of money simply buying a bag of disillusionment. Of
course, if there was a particular reason to go somewhere specific, that would
be different.
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