Prelude

Beth had a desire to travel. There was a deep passionate part of herself, that wanted to travel. To see all that life had to offer through travel. it seemed so humdrum and mundane, so boring to just do one thing, one job, one life for the rest of her life. She wanted to expand her mind, expand her life, expand her horizons, literally and metaphorically through travel. Friends and family back home thought she was crazy. What on earth would you want to do that for? To expand myself. Don't you see, when you live in one place, one life, you only see one way to look at life to see and do things. But when you travel, you truly expand yourself, you open yourself up to all of life's pleasures, places and taste sensations.

I don't know where to begin she thought, I don't know how to start? Where do I get the money and where do I want to travel? But there is a burning desire within me to do this. I know this is true, right and meant to be. I feel this burning, yearning, sensation inside me. It's as if I will be hollow if I stay in this existence. A part of myself is meant to expand my soul, my horizons but no-one around me seems to truly understand or get what I am talking about. No-one seems equipped to help me do this thing I want to do. And that 'thing', is to have the greatest life I have ever experienced. To fulfill my dreams, to live all of my adventures, to love, and be loved, to have children, to taste other communities and cultures, to feel connected to all the world has to offer. Mmmm just writing about it makes me want to do it.