Throw my ticket out the window, throw my suitcase out there too. Throw my troubles out the door, I don’t need them anymore,‘cause tonight I’ll be staying here with you.–Bob Dylan
Sometimes people come along who knock you right off course, pull you so strongly into their orbit that you can’t remember where it was you were going or why you would ever want to be anywhere else but with them. At moments like that, you can choose to continue on your course, or find out what happens when you go along for the ride. Ultimately, isn’t that what life is? A crazy, scary, exhilarating journey that you can’t always shape or decide according to your own desires and inclinations.
I believe in love, and I know that you do too. And I believe in some kind of path, that we can walk down me and you.–Nick Cave
Now I am a seasoned solo traveler, who can walk into pretty much any situation and find something to enjoy and someone to talk to. But, amongst the adventure and excitement —the thrill and passion for new experiences and constant disorientation—also comes loneliness, and a wistful desire for a companion. Someone who can make the journey with me. A like-minded adventurer, who is capable of inspiring me and himself, who can follow his own passions and share them with me, and sometimes provide solid ground and a safe haven when I just need to curl up on the couch and be looked after.
Come sail your ships around me, and burn your bridges down. You are a little mystery to me, every time you come around.–Nick Cave
There is that myth of romance and travel, that it’s always glamorous and exciting. Which anyone who has left home knows is not the case at all. The constant re-orienting yourself, dealing with the physical stuff of life, finding the nearest food and laundry and other essentials, being in a new place, negotiating language and culture and expectations is part of the richness of the experience but it’s also draining and exhausting. To always be in a state of transit opens up a world of possibility but also cuts short the natural evolution of some relationships, which need to grow and mature in their own time. You can’t decide right here and now, yes. This is for me. This one I will stay for. Or maybe you can.
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