When On The Road

(Thought-Random)

        Nothing like some moments for your thoughts to yourself.    Moments when  just about all your senses are filled with the physical world around you.   You soak in the sights of nature:  - the blue skies,  the green grass.   You listen to the ripple of streams that freely flow across your way..... or to the call of birds as they take flight in the air above you.    Possibly,  also,  you get a momentary  taste of the cool flurry of snow or of   refreshing drops of rain.    And one of the times it is best - this pleasant communion with yourself  -  is when you are on the road.

        But cutting through distances on the highway,  or through towns and cities,   you  really ordinarily take for granted sights you speed by  - of road signs,  for instance.......

....and gas stations...

of  trees.....

and cows.....

 and houses.....

and buildings.....

 of  water tanks....

..... and electrical contraptions.

You don't hear  the roar of other vehicles that pass you by.

          You even take for granted  the lush green of the wayside alongside the majesty of the mountain ranges guided by the peaceful blue of the hovering skies....

.....as well as,  the lovely yellow flowers.....

and ponds.....

as you do beautiful sunsets...

...and snow-lined pathways...

        And why is this?   Well, the viable answer could be because when on the road,  your sensibilities and your perceptiveness are made latent by your mind as it  takes full advantage of possessing you.    So you think of everything then.   You think of your family and your loved ones.   With them, you are showered with comfort and happiness.   Gratification comes with your job....relaxation and warmth with your friends.  As for the future,   it beckons to you with challenges you feel ready to meet.    Just fine!

        Somehow,  though,  this is not all there is to it.    Somewhere deeper into your consciousness appear to be some kind of  a thought strand that refuses to conform to all these niceties!     But you can't point a finger to it.   You just feel that you could change direction in life..... just to something different.   Thus you realize what you have is a feeling of a profound sense of restlessness.   You don't seem to understand what it is except that it professes to be some yearning for an alternative kind of experience... something more inspiring....more fulfilling - something more intense!   And you wonder if being on the road with your thoughts all to yourself does this to you.

        You try to shrug off this awareness of a reachable goal that kind of promises to be just a breath away but the more you try to, - try to detach  from you this awareness - the more it threatens to enclose you in unyielding and suffocating captivity!   So what can you do?   Probably best , you think,  is to bide your time.  Take it easy as much as you can as you near your destination.    Meet all those situations and choices that present themselves and spread them out in front of you as you try  looking   into their  depths.... into perceptible patterns.   This might just help you come up with something.    Like - but hey, .... there's this road fork now up and coming!

            Quickly, - which of these roads did you want to take?

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