MUSINGS

Monday 23rd May 2011

this footloose feeling…

I have become quite accustomed to it; the flittering of butterflies in my stomach, the aching in my heart. This feeling and I have become quite good friends over the years.

I am experiencing it today, as I sit in this here office, monotonously  typing humdrum figures into a Database. This feeling friend of mine slowly creeps up on me, honestly it’s been quite a while since it’s stopped by, atleast 3 or so months. 

It takes me on a journey, into a fantasy land, filled with the myriad of life paths which I have layed out before me. It coaxes me to dream about the wild things that my heart desires; living by the sea, living on a mountain, working in a healthy food shop, studying art at university, working on the land, traveling to an exotic place, volunteering on an eco-warriors pirate-ship, creating a sustainable plot of land, living like a vagabond gypsy…

So many desires, so many contrasts.

These achings of my heart come to me always in slow moments of my life; during dull work duties, times of unemployment, times of uninspiration. I believe it’s my souls way of keeping me sain, keeping me from falling into the abyss of conformity. It’s reminding me of the adventure of life that lays before me.

So I would like to take this opportunity to dedicate this day; today a day of countless days in my exsistance, to my reckless, footloose soul. And thank it for this magical life that it has provided me.

 

-Jem.