Yesterday i actually did what i always wanted to do, and what my hero already did. got lost
Without much thought or planning, i overstayed my welcome in my neighbour city Bandung. A few friends at my side. I couldn't care less about how i would sleep and get around. Surprisingly a hotel lobby can be one of the places eligible to crash. So after a few drinks and ciggaretes i crashed in front of a now dimmed fireplace while my buds without consent flickered through channels on the lobby tv.
As morning came, i realized i made a quick and not that smart of a decision. Yes, i realized that i am in a foreign city and without money. And too quickly i realized how human i was, how i was the subject of today's modern poison of fear and consumerism. I felt helpless in that. I felt shame in the eyes of my heroes. I was letting them down. I tried to remember what my hero would say in this situation. I threw down my sense of reason, any possibility of security was miles away from my thoughts that time. For the first time in my life I felt the thrill of adventure.
I continued onward during the day enjoying what can be enjoyed through pure freedom. A vacation with no plans. It was like dream to me, the taste of being free to the core. But i learned to taste true freedom, fear was to be cast away. For fear is and always to be the key of man's use of reason. The thrill of seeing new things and experiencing not only the good but also the bad. I have tasted a little hint of danger on my travels. And i felt a certain liking to it.
As in the end i went on a much safer way back home. I am proud to be one who has tasted harsh terrain. For i can go back and say that i went on an adventure.
Without much thought or planning, i overstayed my welcome in my neighbour city Bandung. A few friends at my side. I couldn't care less about how i would sleep and get around. Surprisingly a hotel lobby can be one of the places eligible to crash. So after a few drinks and ciggaretes i crashed in front of a now dimmed fireplace while my buds without consent flickered through channels on the lobby tv.
As morning came, i realized i made a quick and not that smart of a decision. Yes, i realized that i am in a foreign city and without money. And too quickly i realized how human i was, how i was the subject of today's modern poison of fear and consumerism. I felt helpless in that. I felt shame in the eyes of my heroes. I was letting them down. I tried to remember what my hero would say in this situation. I threw down my sense of reason, any possibility of security was miles away from my thoughts that time. For the first time in my life I felt the thrill of adventure.
I continued onward during the day enjoying what can be enjoyed through pure freedom. A vacation with no plans. It was like dream to me, the taste of being free to the core. But i learned to taste true freedom, fear was to be cast away. For fear is and always to be the key of man's use of reason. The thrill of seeing new things and experiencing not only the good but also the bad. I have tasted a little hint of danger on my travels. And i felt a certain liking to it.
As in the end i went on a much safer way back home. I am proud to be one who has tasted harsh terrain. For i can go back and say that i went on an adventure.
- Alexander J Poindexter
