I leave for vacation tomorrow morning! By Wednesday morning I will be in Phnom Penh, Cambodia where I will celebrate Thanksgiving with a group of Americans I know through a friend of a friend (oh to travel!) Then by the weekend I will be relaxing on the beautiful beaches of Sihanoukville. Other then that, I have very little plans, and I'm looking forward to it.
I wish I had more time to talk, but my head is trying to figure out what to pack and trying to stay awake long enough to do so, so I can't write much, but keep writing even if I don't get back write away. You guys have all been the best supporters I could ever ask for, and I can't wait to share my upcoming vacation with you!! Have a great Thanksgiving, and I'll be in touch soon!
"The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun." -Into the Wild
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"may your horizon always be wider than you can see"
As you set out for Ithaka
hope your road is a long one,
full of adventure, full of discovery.
Laistrygonians, Cyclops,
angry Poseidon-don't be afraid of them:
you'll never find things like that on your way
as long as you keep your thoughts raised high,
as long as a rare excitement
stirs your spirit and your body.
Laistrygonians, Cyclops,
wild Poseidon-you won't encounter them
unless you bring them along inside your soul,
unless your soul sets them up in front of you.
Hope your road is a long one.
May there be many summer mornings when,
with what pleasure, what joy,
you enter harbors you're seeing for the first time;
may you stop at Phoenician trading stations
to buy fine things,
mother of pearl and coral, amber and ebony,
sensual perfume of every kind-
as many sensual perfumes as you can;
and may you visit many Egyptian cities
to learn and go on learning from their scholars.
Keep Ithaka always in your mind.
Arriving there is what you're destined for.
But don't hurry the journey at all.
Better if it lasts for years,
so you're old by the time you reach the island,
wealthy with all you've gained on the way,
not expecting Ithaka to make you rich.
Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey.
Without her you wouldn't have set out.
She has nothing left to give you now.
And if you find her poor, Ithaka won't have fooled you.
Wise as you will have become, so full of experience,
you'll have understood by then what these Ithakas mean.
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