Monday, September 29, 2008

Packing Day

Things have been going smoothly 'til this morning. Today is Packing Day.

My three suitcases are lying like butterflied slabs of meat on the floor and bed. My clothes are hanging all over my closet doors on hooks like deflated versions of myself. And I'm sitting at my computer because I don't want to face trying to stuff the next 11 month's worth of clothing, shoes, etc. into those three suitcases, which suddenly look very tiny.

Tonight will be my last day in my own bed for almost a year. But isn't that what adventure and growth are all about?

We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all of our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time
T.S. Elliott

1 comment:

TKB said...

Someone once said that it is not so much the destination as the journey.