"On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow."
-Nietzche
Debating between law school or travel/work has finally led me to a firm choice, travel/work. A long overdue vacation to celebrate my Undergraduate degree now completed I have a bit of a bug. It is the ringing little voice that occupies this sad and spiteful mind from one Philosophy class too many. I still hear this voice.
How so?
It tells me that I am nothing without my will and desires. To carry these out I need action. Hesitation and delay can be my own worst enemy sometimes, on a personal level this is a trip, is to do just that...do. The planning process and theorizing has long been underway. It has largely been carried out by others as I have been overseas, and for that I am grateful.
In the next two days I hope to have my flight booked to Vancouver. A two-week cycle trip for a person who has not been on a bike in 3-months might be a rude awakening. As a family member said, "so day one will be a little rough no?"
Ultimately, I'll have the rest of my life to work, and when I work, I work hard. But what about reward, friends, family, passion? One imagines reaping what he sows, and with the other factors in place I could not be more thrilled. Partly for reward, part development, and part fun with friends in the Cascades, and an area in North America I have only drove through never trekked through.
The body is an incredibly adaptable and mysterious, yet ordinary material. But can it ever be fully divorced from the mind? This is a trip to push both -- or one depending on your inclinations. To operate quickly and without hesitation to what I place in front of myself every day -- this is my idea of travel, of fun, ... of life. I look forward to sharing this journey with my friends and you the reader.
Until action.
