September 21, 2015
My Small Journey
As I was writing my paper on sacred place and researching the importance of certain rituals and beliefs that go along with the place or journey I had a sort of realization for a more common and small scale journey. After I wrote my paper and read Dr. Redick’s paper about his journey through the Appalachian Mountains I realized that I myself partake in a sort of detachment from the everyday world. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning I go for a three mile run outside of campus with just myself and my music. I find though, as I am running, that more often then not I am not listening to the music, but instead I am thinking about specific things in my life. My subconscious sort of takes over and I am not focusing on running, but rather on what I am thinking. During this time there is no one else with me, no other voices to listen to or to intrude but my own. This allotted amount of time is my own device for becoming detached from the busy world and spend just a little bit of time contemplating about specific things in my life. Unconsciously I have created my own ritual and unconsciously I have entered a state of mind of reflection and self thought. I have now become somewhat dependent upon this part of my daily routine and seem to be a bit more at ease when I have completed it each morning.
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