Thursday, January 20, 2011

pathfinding

How long does it take to find a path to travel?


1) Pick a destination: forward.

2) Obtain a roadmap: experiences vs. unknowns.

3) Choose routes: 70 mph?, Yosemite and Grand Canyon?, visits to kindergarten buddy and sisters?, downhill and straight highways?, rocky, wet, overgrown, unmaintained? known roads and pre-mapped courses?

4) Organize gear: money, map, car, bike, foot, phone, bedding, food, water, friend.

5) Take action: take a step.

…….. 1)  Choose a Destination:
                                                                          now


Photo: J.T.Giese

10 comments:

  1. Oh, I wish I were anticipating a trip. Would be lovely...

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  2. heading out tomorrow evening for a weekend with my wife...

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  3. Piles of stones are flourishing all over blogland - am I missing something? The picture is peautiful, by the way, thank you! :)

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  4. I surely will do that sometime! Thanks for the advice ;)

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  5. way to go! i wanna go to venice........

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  6. 1) pick a destination and wander aimlessly without plan until you get there. Thanks for reminding me.

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  7. Dear one, are you out beating the bush? Your journey didn't include our poetry reading night. You were silent and missed.
    The persimmon poem was so delicious, and I am jealous of that tree. Such a pretty thing to see in winter.
    The patients poem is exquisite.
    You're thought of.

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  8. Very well posed, Dianne!

    ... sometimes, simply taking 'a first step' into and toward that unknown, (though perhaps containing certain hazards of which to be aware) can be a most rewarding journey!

    first steps
    into yesterday's darkness
    sunrise

    _m

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  9. We may travel along a path, but until the mind sets upon that, we will never find the path.

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  10. That last line is good. Strong. It's a command. I unthinkingly obeyed. It just popped into my head. And it was Liverpool.
    "Hello mum."

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