I have always loved to travel; haven’t you
too Mr. Reader? It makes such a perfect getaway from the consuming routines.
For a short while you can let go of everything that makes your everyday and instead
escape into a different part of the world which thrives even when you turn your
eyes the other way, some another part of the world-theatre where you can become
the spectator instead of the cast. Is it not the best feeling to watch the
world from the sidelines for a brief moment, to just feel the rhythm of time
and watch it slip by as you lean against the window of a car that is moving you
through the fabric of space and time to your chosen picnic destination?
You can choose to slack comfortably and
rest your head upwards on the top of your car seat and decide to view the blue sky. Can
you ever have enough of those cottony clouds? They are always a little
different you know. Is there anything more humbling than to just look
heavenwards, up the sky? To watch as the clouds furl on it, to feel its all
encompassing vastness, to realize the inconsequential of a dust speck that we
make on this tiny planet that is floating in the belly of the humongously outstretched
monster of a universe?
If instead you prefer otherwise, you can
sit up a bit straighter and turn your neck sideways. Then you can concentrate
on the ever changing landscape, except ofcourse you wouldn't be able to exactly
concentrate; for there is again so much to look there as well Mr. Reader! The distant
peaks, the trees, the roads, the other cars! Here you may indeed find two very
similar cars; the same color, the same brand. But the trees shall all be
different. No two pines grow the same. You can also count. Sometimes I count
the number of yellow cars I pass; or the number of vineyards I see (or quite simply
since I read 'The curious incident of the dog in the night-time’ just the
power series of 2.) Watching the earth instead of the sky can also give you a
similar humbling experience I must assure you (although sky gazing retains my
favorite spot)
Is there anything else you may add? Oh yes,
good loud music is highly recommended and may be a complimentary book to spare
occasional glances! There you go, name a problem that this little combo of
activities doesn’t solve! And guess what, you also arrive at your chosen
holiday spot by the end of this little journey! So, don’t you just love to
travel Mr. Reader?
