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November 2009 
Where are you going?
Posted on May 30th, 2009
by 
tinkonthebrink
tinkonthebrink
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for May 30, 2009:
I'm never sure. I suppose I should know, maybe get a map or make a plan. But I think that kind of thing is a little bit of an illusion - I can pretend that I know where I'm going but where I actually end up is very often unrelated to those plans. I've made friends with being an explorer in the world rather than relying on plans and maps. I respect the usefulness of intentions and maps are darn handy but I find that they are often, for me, just a guideline for what I should deviate from.
When I moved here (north carolina) from california, I left with the navigational tools of a tiny marble imprinted with a map of the world in a leather pouch on a necklace and a kalaidoscope. About 50 miles into the trip my son got out of the truck and bought a map, due to the belief that he was in the keeping of a crazy person. I do respect his viewpoint but I think I would have still gotten here, just driving toward the morning sun while periodically stopping to view the world's largest ball of string or whatever.
So I guess my answer here is, I don't know, surprise me.
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I feel the same thing, too, Jeannie. I'm loving the surprises while light planing. I love the exploring part as well. THANKS
“and maps are darn handy but I find that they are often, for me, just a guideline for what I should deviate from.”
I giggled in recognition,and yes to it being something other than a given, which almost always turns into a wtf ,a marvelous wtf,the bestest reminder of how life is so much stranger than fiction and stronger than plans