There are two types of a journey, a short one, quick and abrupt, one that gets you to your destination as soon as possible, one that saves time! And then there come the long, seemingly endless and eternal ones! There is much more to these journeys than just the everlasting emotion of being a nomad and looking out of the window!
In a world where everything is evolving to become smaller and quicker and seamless, this latter form of a journey is exactly what doesn’t fit the bill! It’s slow and can get uncomfortable as the journey very often does stretch out on for hours or days or weeks or
maybe months! But these journeys are what speak the loudest, the most vibrant, the most diverse of all stories, these journeys speak humanity!
Strangers all around, nothing in common at all, someone is on this road since the beginning of time, and someone joined in right now, but one similarity between the infinite differences, "this journey!" You are there, so is someone else, a kid, or an elder, a student or a teacher, it’s almost impossible to know each one, but one thing for sure is that each one is on that journey, upon that path!
You meet someone, you say hello, a conversation, a comprehension! For the duration of your journey or just the duration of theirs, you are there, together! Sharing all your life stories, and all experiences! You learn, you admire, you appreciate... or you just brush it aside and walk away, either way, you met a stranger today!
As your journey ends, or as their journey ends, you disembark and head on your own path, knowing in full capacity that you may never meet again, but you carry them on with you, within their stories, within your conversations and comprehensions! Secretly hoping that
somewhere again upon this journey your paths cross and entwine! That you may meet them again, and as you take another step upon your seemingly endless, everlasting, and infinite journey, you meet someone else again, you say hello, a conversation, a comprehension!
In a world where everything is evolving to become smaller and quicker and seamless, this latter form of a journey is exactly what doesn’t fit the bill! It’s slow and can get uncomfortable as the journey very often does stretch out on for hours or days or weeks or
maybe months! But these journeys are what speak the loudest, the most vibrant, the most diverse of all stories, these journeys speak humanity!
Strangers all around, nothing in common at all, someone is on this road since the beginning of time, and someone joined in right now, but one similarity between the infinite differences, "this journey!" You are there, so is someone else, a kid, or an elder, a student or a teacher, it’s almost impossible to know each one, but one thing for sure is that each one is on that journey, upon that path!
You meet someone, you say hello, a conversation, a comprehension! For the duration of your journey or just the duration of theirs, you are there, together! Sharing all your life stories, and all experiences! You learn, you admire, you appreciate... or you just brush it aside and walk away, either way, you met a stranger today!
As your journey ends, or as their journey ends, you disembark and head on your own path, knowing in full capacity that you may never meet again, but you carry them on with you, within their stories, within your conversations and comprehensions! Secretly hoping that
somewhere again upon this journey your paths cross and entwine! That you may meet them again, and as you take another step upon your seemingly endless, everlasting, and infinite journey, you meet someone else again, you say hello, a conversation, a comprehension!
-Mehul Doshi
