Taking a Step Back
Through a series of circumstances not limited to my car breaking, missing a train, missing multiple buses, job searching, and listening to poetry at open mics, I have had a new sense of reflection that I think I have been in serious need of for some time.
I will be working backwards with my discovery because it becomes easier to explain this way. I’ll start with an open mic day. Called as such because it was at the Orlando Public Library during the day. This open mic event actually helped me realize what I am writing here, for I was given a chance to do some improv in front of a small audience.
Letting my mind wander, I just let how I felt at that moment flow out. In reality I was really just talking to myself and just happened to speak loud enough for others to listen in. I spoke of nature, of metal, of large expanses of the world that I wanted to see. Then I took it down one level and talked about cars, trains, and walking. Forms of transportation to get me to nearby destinations. Then I shrunk it down again and spoke of a grassy field laying on my back. Finally, I took it down one final level and spoke of a tree that dropped a walnut on my head. When I changed my orientation, the view of my current surroundings became incredible.
Going retroactive to the rest of my adventures leading up to this one, I got a chance to explore many locations that I drive by daily, sometimes multiple times in one outing. This time though, I made the journey on foot. By mercy of missing a train and two buses, I got to marvel at all the homes, trees, buildings and other features both natural and man made. Normally, I am in such a rush that I would have ignored such things, but now with a chance to reflect, I really got to see the world around me.
This new level of wanderlust has awakened in me a desire to revisit places I have been before in hopes of finding something new. I challenge you all to do the same. Take a step back, see the world from a different angle than normal. You never know what you may find.