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I have always loved traveling.
Yesterday, I decided to go for a walk along the Cypress Creek, which runs behind the apartment complex where I live.
Two hours later, I found my self emerging out of the woods around FM1960 and Hardy Road. What I found interesting was that I never thought about time or felt tired while I was in the woods, enjoying everything from watching a crane and a blue heron take to flight to an SUV abandoned and stripped in the middle of the forest.
It took me another hour to walk back home via the streets where traffic ran as usual. I was thoroughly relaxed and invigorated. That is when I realized that it is not so much travel that I enjoy, it is being in touch with Nature, and being by myself that I enjoy more than anything.
All my travelling includes being in touch with Nature. One of my most memorable flights was when I flew from Chicago to Atlanta during a storm, after having spent more than two hours sitting on the runway at O’hare airport. I enjoyed the snow coming down from my airplane window, and later the “roller coaster” ride through the turbulance.
There is something about being in Nature that I find soothing to the soul. I am interested in the journey, whether it is across the continent or across the city.
I started this blog because I have always enjoyed a nomadic lifestyle. I guess it has something to do with the fact that my family was constantly moving when I was growing up. We had lived in six different cities before I started Kindergarten, and took a 25 days road trip via trains, buses, boats, and ships to move to a different country before I was in middle school, and then flew half way across the globe to attend college before I was twenty.
This blog has given me opportunities to know myself and share my journey with others, and I know I have inspired a few people along the way to investigate and pursue their own longings for a nomadic life, for which I am grateful.
I know I haven’t been writing regularly, and it is because I have been doing a lot of soul searching. As I am beginning to get to know myself better and form a better picture of what I want the rest of my life to be like, I am making changes to accommodate my dream of being a nomad. I will continue to share my journey and the lessons learned, along with the victories and setbacks as I go, hopefully, more frequently. I am also planning a face lift for the blog.
Stay tuned, but don’t hold your breath. 
Inspired writing rocks! Write when you’re feeling it.
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Thanks, Cathy for your encouragement. I love it when I get positive comments.
Thank you for sharing. I am looking forward to you sharing more frequently, because I love your writing. We are taking a yoga class with a Swami here in India, and he has some wonderful things to say about nature and being at peace. You sound at peace in your words.
Thank you, Deb, for the kind words. I am getting better at being comfortable writing more often. I believe learning to type without looking at my keyboard is the growth I am tackling right now, and the more I practice the better I will get. So, I am looking forward to doing just that.
Thanks for all your support.
Yes, it is the Indian upbringing of nature and peace that comes across in my writing. I find peace when I am in tune with God, as reflected through His creation. I love places that has running water – rivers, creeks, waterfalls etc. There is something soothing about the sound of running water. I suppose it is the consolation that life flows on despite obstacles. Only time running water makes any sound is when it is overcoming an obstacle in its way.
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Hi Rasheed,
I have found that something in me settles when I am in nature, too. It is kind of a timeless sense, and general appreciation for life, how things are developing, and gratitude through observation. I think I find a settling point when I am in nature because nothing needs to be done with it. I don’t need to move leaves, clear paths, or change anything. I just have to move slowly, appreciate what is, and feel happy. I’m trying to incorporate this philosophy in the rest of my life, and become more aligned with moving gracefully through life, appreciating the contrast, and letting go of having to fix or change anything and generally being happy – just for the sake of being happy.
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