Expanding Horizons

Today, listening to a TED Talk from 2009 during my afternoon ambulation, I was introduced to Singularity University.  This center for continuing and higher education was established in 2009 as a partnership between Google and the NASA Ames laboratory.  I like to think of myself as pretty well connected, but this is definitely a new and interesting topic for me.

I've written a little about why I started walking, and the practice has most definitely expanded my horizons in a much greater manner than I ever imagined that it might. For one thing, I imagined that the whole idea of walking longish distances was rooted in shrinking my world down to the one meter diameter in my immediate vicinity. In the physical world, the practice has most certainly done that to a degree, but the expansive nature of taking the time to reflect and contemplate on my role in the world is not something that I ever imagined would be a byproduct of the time spent on the road.

Automobile Bridge across College Creek

I don't know where all this is leading, but it feels to me like it's leading me in the direction that I should have been headed all along. My mind has opened to opportunities that I never imagined existed. As the asphalt passes under my feet, I find myself dreaming of adventure again. That feeling is something that's eluded me over the last several years, and it is fulfilling to see a glimmer of that vision begin to return.

It was a great day, and I look forward to the gift of another.