“Now to escape involves not just running away, but arriving somewhere.” ― Bernhard Schlink, The Reader
"Travelling is a fool's paradise. Our first journeys discover to us the indifference of places. At home I dream that at Naples, at Rome, I can be intoxicated with beauty, and lose my sadness. I pack my trunk, embrace my friends, embark on the sea, and at last wake up in Naples, and there beside me is the stern Fact, the sad self, unrelenting, identical, that I fled them. I seek the Vatican, and the palaces. I affect to be intoxicated with sights and suggestions, but I am not intoxicated. My giant goes with me wherever I go" - Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance
"If you're not thankful for what you've got now, you'll never be thankful for how much more you'll be given" - UnknownNo allure and majestic place will cure the hurt of the soul - it may soothe, but it cannot cure. Just had to get that out of the way first, before I...
OH I CANNOT WAIT TO TRAVEL! If God wills it, and I earnestly pray it so, I'd love to appreciate this world beyond Sacramento (I love Sacramento, by the way). There's so much out there in the world. I think we sometimes get caught in the illusion that here's all there is but there's so much more out there to see and experience. It's the ambition to travel that really helps to get me motivated.... becoz someday, someday, I'll be out there. And I can't wait.
I was listening to B.o.B's new song "So Good" and I really love it! I've blogged about B.o.B a long time ago, and I still follow his stuff as of now. It's a clever song with many lines talking about international experiences, really gets me in the mood to travel!
Here's the first verse:
"Drinking a German beer (aha) with a Cuban cigar (ever)
In the middle of Paris with a Dominican bar (aha)
Great head on her shoulders (ha), she probably studied abroad (aha)
She transferred to Harvard from King's College in March
She says that I'm her favorite cause she admires the art
Michelangelo with the flow, Picasso with the bars
She's well put together like a piece by Gershwin
Renaissance style, tonight is picture perfect
S-smile and pack your bags real good baby
Cause you'll be gone for a while, while, while...
So who's with me in discovering this world?
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