Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Not All Who Wander Are Lost

Though I very much love being at school here, my heart desires to wander about the world and see so much.  Money (right now) is of little concern to me; I feel like I would do whatever it takes just to get to a new place. Walk. Run. Bicycle. Hitchhike.  Whatever it takes, I want to see the whole world.

For some reason, society doesn't like this.  It's seen as unfavorable to be a wanderer (the world seems to term them as "bums") because people feel the need to be settled.  Now, I do want to settle down one day, but my yearning to see the world drives me crazy.  What else is out there?  I've been stuck in PA for a good portion of life.  I've been out of the country once - for a whole week.  I was looking at pictures from that place and I realized how much I missed it.  India was a complete fish-out-of-water experience from which I could have learned to breathe oxygen, but wasn't there long enough to do it.

I look out my window and ask "How long?"  God responds, "In my time."  So I will wait.