Welcome

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A welcome precedes a farewell. Yet a farewell is needed for a welcome. And even if one does not leave, the mind is always on the move. A yearning to see what lies beyond can be perceived as a disdain for one's surroundings; people and environment. But it could also simply stem from a certain self consciousness, perhaps a bastardization of the Kantian 'Self'. To say that what others perceive of your actions does not matter is politically correct. But it is hard to live with. Although one can travel alone, it is undeniable that no man is an island.

"At bad moments on his trips he had sometimes distracted himself by thinking of Devonian scenes: green fields, thatched cottages and daffodils. He would return to a nice house, a bit of garden, the job. But that could never hold him for long. Although his body might long for the end of cycling - a flat seat, a straight back, unclenched hands - his mind was terrified of stopping. And in his mind, he never did."
~Obituaries, Ian Hibell