Week: May 3 - 9 2009, Question 1

Why do you wander?

Ahh the wanderer's soul, nothing can compare to the simple minded pleasure of walking around with no destination in mind. Is this question philosophical like my others? It is if you feel like making it philosophical, but for me it's just a simple enjoyment of walking around with no clear destination in mind. When i would walk through the woodland behind my house i at first called it exploring, but when i knew every inch of it then there was nothing to explore. Then i found that since i had a path to walk on i simply called it walking. Then tonight i decided to deviate from the usual paths and just start walking in a direction and see where it took me. It was incredibly fun and i think everyone should experience it at some point. When thinking back on the terms we use for traveling i found that wandering seemed to be the only word for what i did. Traveling implies that you have a destination in mind, Walking/running/jogging implies that that's all you're doing, Exploring can only be used if you have never been in the territory your moving through, hiking i always feel makes it seem like your going uphill.

So do you wander and where do you wander?

Thought for the day: Crud i ran out of thoughts for the day, check back next time.