Paris (1)

Paris (1)

the day soon to arrive for departure

for this city of springtime..

gathering maps and luggage

and passport and advice..

the imaginings of Paris

color pre-departure awareness..

thoughts and perceptions

are bundled with expectation

for new colorations as the

journey unfolds..

my father was in Paris

during the war to end all wars

and my own military memories

will likely lead to Normandy

and new appreciation for 

those fields of sacrifice...

One of the reasons we love to travel is that that element of ourselves which never goes anywhere is, by contrast with the movement involved in traveling, brought into focus. The changes emphasize the changeless. The sense of deep peace that often accompanies a journey is the peace of our changeless presence. We love to go to different places only to taste again and again the recognition that we never go anywhere and to feel the peace that accompanies that recognition. ~ Rupert Spira