The Traveler Versus I

If I met a traveler with but a dime in his pocket, I'd still consider him wiser than me. He has given up the haven of his home to explore the unknown and unexplored. He journeys out not to seek but to be sought by the secrets that this world tells only to those patient enough to listen. He develops a new "verstehen" for the people that he meets. Tolerance, after all, is one of the most wisest traits to learn. And yet, here I am, behind the dull LCD screen glare -- I hide from the world. Unlike the traveler, I've found comfort in confinement. Until I have the courage one day to desert the refuge I've built for myself, I will travel my own way. Inching my way through my own explorations, my own discoveries; I too will learn to travel some day.

-A