Traveler (repost)

The Sand Traveler is a rendering of 1,000 traveling particles, each in pursuit of another. Over time, patterns of travel are exposed as sweeping paths of color. — j. tarbell

A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving.
A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.
A good scientist has freed himself of concepts and keeps his mind open to what is.

Thus the Master is available to all people and doesn’t reject anyone.
He is ready to use all situations and doesn’t waste anything.
This is called embodying the light.

What is a good man but a bad man’s teacher? What is a bad man but a good man’s job?
If you don’t understand this, you will get lost, however intelligent you are. It is the great secret.
— Tao Te Ching, 27 (Mitchell)

The traveler is always leaving town
He never has the time to turn around
And if the road he’s taken isn’t leading anywhere
He seems to be completely unaware

The traveler is always leaving home
The only kind of life he’s ever known
When every moment seems to be
A race against the time
There’s always one more mountain left to climb

Days are numbers
Watch the stars
We can only see so far
Someday, you’ll know where you are
Remember
Days are numbers
Count the stars
We can only go so far
One day, you’ll know where you are…

— Days are Numbers, Alan Parsons Project

“All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.” — Martin Buber

“Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going.” — Paul Theroux

‘While armchair travelers dream of going places, traveling armchairs dream of staying put.” — Anne Tyler

“There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.” — Robert Louis Stevenson

“Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.” — Oliver Goldsmith

“Throw away all ambition beyond that of doing the day’s work well. The travelers on the road to success live in the present, heedless of taking thought for the morrow. Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day’s work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy your wildest ambition.” — William Osler

“I said to my longing heart,
What is this river you want to cross?
There are no travelers before you, there is no road.
Do you see anyone moving or resting on that bank?” — Kabir

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I’m off to Scottsdale this week to visit friends and family and spend some time in post-election, post-surgery recovery. (The surgery was minor, no worries). See you all soon.