I just thought this up and used it in an email to a guy who’d seen one of my close-ups of Taos Mountain and said, “WOW!” I wrote back,
There’s nothing to it. All you have to do is quit your job, sell your home, move very far away, learn to live on a fraction of what you used to make, and justify it all by deciding you can live on scenery. Moving here is like making your shoes fit by filing your feet, until you realize you can just go barefoot. Whew.
Don’t get me wrong, I’d do it again in a minute!
Having accomplished this much, the dues are paid.
Olé, bitches!
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John- This is completely off the subject of your post, but I’ve been studying a subject lately, which you might find interesting. A while back you asked your readers to send you some links to some of the interesting websites, which may feature artists, scientists, philosophy, etc. which might be out of the mainstream. Well, here ya go… checkout http://www.masaru-emoto.net This is one of the scientists who’s been studying the effect of human emotional energy on the formation of ice crystals. It’s really amazing stuff as they’ve photographed under an electron microscope, how water/ice crystals form various consistent patterns while being subjected to a variety of emotional energy. Ie; crystals form a certain pattern when love is present and a different pattern when anger is present. It’s remarkable stuff that seems to have a sound basis for the argument that everything is absolutely connected.
Anyway, thought you might enjoy. Have a great day!
Well put, says a fellow traveler.
My incredibly devoted wife and I have done it twice ~ once from Michigan to Vermont, and then from Vermont to Oregon. Once you’ve done it, you know you can do it again. And that makes all the difference in the world. It’s like being independently wealthy, only without the wealth. You become free in spirit, which is the only true freedom.
Never weaken, my friend. Stay barefoot.
Ty, thanks. I’ll have a look.
Gregory, that’s exactly the medicine I need right now. My wife is incredibly devoted too, but not quite over the long hump yet. I think things are opening up, however, and then she’ll KNOW she’s “done it.” So will I.
Free in spirit, absolutely. What a blessing. And what hard work!