{"id":15,"date":"2007-08-03T09:58:16","date_gmt":"2007-08-03T08:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alittlebitdifferent.com\/?p=15"},"modified":"2007-08-03T09:58:16","modified_gmt":"2007-08-03T08:58:16","slug":"its-all-about-the-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alittlebitdifferent.com\/?p=15","title":{"rendered":"It’s all about the Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’m really excited.<\/p>\n

August has filled itself with a plethora of events, all of which I am looking forward to immensely. Not\u00a0at least the journeys…<\/p>\n

I have always been a firm believer that is doesn’t matter what happens in life,\u00a0it is\u00a0the journey that counts. This\u00a0is a\u00a0philosophy however I also seem to have taken on quite literally.\u00a0Indeed it has almost always been the case that on every trip I have ever been, one of the most enjoyable parts (for me)\u00a0has always been the getting there.<\/p>\n

Despite its appalling ‘green’ credentials I am a massive fan of flying for example. I love the whole experience from the buzz of the airport, to that tense moment when you don’t know if your new H&M belt will set off the metal detectors –\u00a0meaning a security woman with a hairy top lip will have to run a bleepy thing over you…the departure gate bit where nervous passengers say their prayers, kids that\u00a0have long tired with their activity books\u00a0 play hide and seek behind the check-in desk, the couple from Manchester who talk at the volume of a power drill and wear sun visors are finishing up their cans of 4X….then you get on the plane, find your seat, watch as heavily make-up clad stewardess’ do their best to model yellow safety jackets,\u00a0the roar of\u00a0taking off and then the\u00a0soaring like a bird, followed by\u00a0a few hours of watching delightfully\u00a0cheesy films\u00a0whilst being kept\u00a0amused by an array of things in plastic packets ,\u00a0some of which\u00a0are edible.<\/p>\n

It’s not just planes though.\u00a0Trains hold a similar fascination\u00a0– from the different sorts of people that travel on them, to the ticket inspectors with their clicky clippers, the stewards in hats with the\u00a0tea trolleys that always have a dodgy wheel, and the vast amounts of\u00a0scenery that whizz past\u00a0the window,\u00a0making the eyes of those watching it flick like an erratic second hand on a mechanical watch.<\/p>\n

This weekend I have a car journey. Although these can sometimes be tiring, especially when caught in heavy traffic, I still revel in the opportunity to spend time with whoever I am travelling with\u00a0– an excuse for\u00a0uninterrupted conversation, the telling of tales and adventures, the car sweets that are unbelievably chewy or make you squint at their sharpness, the chance to experience motorway service station toilets,\u00a0 and then there are the car games…<\/p>\n

It is not that I am ever disappointed when I arrive at a destination –\u00a0don’t get me wrong. There is just something\u00a0about\u00a0going on\u00a0a journey that fills me with excitement –\u00a0 the anticipation of what may meet you at the other end,\u00a0the moving on to another place where you haven’t been and you don’t know….<\/p>\n

I guess it is the principle of the journey that spurs me on in life. I need to be going somewhere, doing something and working towards my next goal – I need something on the horizon to look forward to, for there to be a point to everything, for there to be a journey – physical or otherwise to embark upon…<\/p>\n

Because you never know where you might arrive….<\/p>\n

And that’s what makes life exciting.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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