out and about

"on the road again.... just can't wait to get on the road again...." Should this be the theme song for my life? It seems to be a reoccurring theme... But what I decided today, that this chosen traveling lifestyle is good practice for me. It goes well with letting go... A great lesson to be learned. We all tend to define ourselves by our roles and our possessions. It's what society has told us that "separates" us from the rest... makes us "individuals." My friends, my family, my job, my house, my toys, my town, my religion, my politics, my beliefs, my my.... bla, bla, bla.... What are we without all these "things?" What happens when you risk "everything?" You get it all. There is nothing the be gotten and there is nothing to be had in a true non-dualistic life... I just saw a movie where the last line of the protagonist was, "I left everyone in my life. But in the end I realized that no one ever left me." How can we really leave anything if it is all just ONE? The test lies in the act of letting go... everything that you think defines who you are. And traveling is a good way to live that life. New places, new friends, new faces, doesn't leave as much room for attachment. Keeps me living in the present moment... Im so happy to be meeting all these new people and seeing all these beautiful places, but as quickly as they come, they go. They are gifts from the universe meant to be enjoyed in the moment, but not to be held onto. What is meant to be in your life, will be, and no amount or worrying or clinging will change it. I open my heart to the universe and welcome all it's blessings in whatever form they come...