I would love to see the sun rise and set while I stand on the top tower of the great walls of China and then I would eat the delicious looking Chinese noodles I see on TV before I go to bed or I could go mountain climbing in Himalaya, China on Mount Everest where the clouds are so close that you could touch them when you stand on your toes.
I wonder when I would go to Jordan. There I would lie on a balloon bed and meditate as cool breeze sweeps across my body while I float in the gentleness of the Dead Sea or I could fly to great Britain and go see the Stonehenge-where computing first started. There I would touch the stones and feel it’s texture and hope I get a super computer brain after that. At some points in our lives we had wanted to visit different parts of the world or just go some where to relax and feel free, to clear our heads, to commune with nature, to explore our surroundings, to take a minute to pay attention to the things around us like; the shape of the cloud or the wonders of the stars.
A boy once asked me a question, he wanted to know how many times I looked at the sky in a day but I thought it was a funny question-foolish precisely, but on a second thought I asked my self, how many times do I actually look at the sky in a day? For some people once, others twice or thrice while some others do not at all. May be we are too busy to look at the sky or we just have more important things to do like attending to our needs-our lives depends on it.
There is a popular Nigerian saying for the workaholics “body no be firewood” meaning: the body isn’t firewood that should be used until it burns to ashes. So whether you are an employee that has to execute tasks or an employer that’s needs to meet deadlines, we all do need rest. Most times we deny our selves the opportunity to really enjoy that vacation either because we don’t have the right amount on our credit cards or we are not sure where to go.
For a long time I had wanted to go out to a place where I would just forget my troubles and enjoy the scenery but I didn’t get the chance to do so, plus I had limited cash so I stuck to my normal routine of attending my art training, hanging around the house and attending some cooperate meetings. It got to a point that I was so bored and stressed out that I began to skip training sessions-I just needed a break.
Soon enough an event sprang up-my sister wanted to celebrate her birthday which was by then one month gone. We decided to go to the beach. There, I rode on a horse, played in the water and danced till dusk. I was so relieved that few days after, I could still hear the soft sea breeze and at some point I found my self dancing to the songs that were playing in my mind-the songs I had heard on the beach. That experience at the beach made me feel some what independent as I followed my heart making sure that I gratified my fantasy, there was no hold-back. How I would love to hang out more often.
What could be hindering you from going to that place that you have always dreamt of? Is it the time or the money? Well… you don’t need a truck load of dollar bills to have fun neither do you need to have a whole month to have a vacation, you could go to a nice place on a weekend or just grab a pack of popcorn and a cup of juice and watch a movie right in your living room or any other thing so long it makes you happy, rejuvenated, free, independent.
There is an adage that says “the only thing you would regret twenty years from now(the future) is the thing you didn’t do” so don’t be bothered about where to go or the size of your pocket like I stated earlier, you can hang out anywhere so long you feel free, independent!
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