September 23, 2003

  • GO!


    "there is only one Road; its like a great river: its springs leap at every doorstep, and every path is its tributary.  It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door," he used to say.  "You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to."  Bilbo Baggins speaking in The Fellowship of the Ring


    Life is a verb ... at least according to the Public Service Announcement.  In my life the most exciting verb is "go" - I go, we go, I am going, we have gone ... I love to move from one place to the next.  And, dare I admit it, I like to go FAST!  I love the sense of being swept along an open road that may wind up a mountain or down to the sea. 


    This time tomorrow morning, I'll be driving in a new direction, covering ground and miles I've never seen before.  I'm taking the road through Ohio and Pennsylvania - winding my way around in a long journey with several stops that will end when I coast up to the doorstep of my friend.  Even then I will not rest, we will go together on the next steps of the journey.  Into DC, into art class, into the next level of knowing each other as friends.  There is no arriving on the great Road, there is only the next step and the next.  I love the go and grow. 


    I am packed - mostly, and prepared for obvious eventualities, but if I were fully prepared for everything I will encounter, I'd be disappointed.  Surprise is the signal that I am in a new place.


    Oh, yes, my bags are packed.  My address book is tucked carefully in my purse so I can send postcards to my friends.  I have a new memory stick for my digital camera so I can record sights of the Road.  I've taken care of every detail that I can think of.  I'm ready to go.


     

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