Day 109c: Back past the Beginning … (August 16, 2019)
And then, after waking gratefully and proceeding onward resolutely, the Sun began to rise in earnest, and I looked to my left and realized that I had made it back to the original latitude of my American adventure’s beginning – that, after walking some 20 miles northward to make it across the Hudson River into New Jersey, I had walked that same distance southward since, and was actually walking past my Brooklyn home of the week before …
“The answer is neither steady job nor sound paycheck nor stable circle of friends. No, the answer in full only comes in authentic, holistic work born from states of compassionate awareness and bold being. Through the coalescence of gratitude, enthusiasm, appreciation, humility and – above all – courageous generosity while wandering, I have begun the next leg of my journey; I have brought the spirit of the traveler onto my path and thereby finally found my way back Home.” ~ inspired by Gina Greenlee
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