Mysteries abound in life? Why do I love SE Asia so much? Why do I like to travel? Garrison Keillor's "Writer's Almanac" appears on my e-mail every day. Today in his article on William Least Heat-Moon, the author of BLUE HIGHWAYS, he quotes Heat-Moon "When you're traveling, you are what you are, right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road."
Perhaps that's part of the mystique of solo travel. Each moment a person can be whomever he chooses. There's a freedom in that like a rich dessert. Great to sample for a bit but it is not for the long haul. For the long haul the gift of relationship stretching back over the years is like protein that sustains and nourishes. Maybe that is why coming home is often the richest part of any trip. Home is where one touches long and lasting relationship.
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