Journey

No, this post isn't an homage to the great '70s/'80s band that inspired a great arcade game that I used to play at Six Flags in the summers of my youth.

What I was thinking about is the infinitive "to journey." What does that mean? What draws me to it? What keeps me from it?

To journey:

to go to class

to skip class

to pull an all-nighter

to ask for an extension

to work fast food

to quit the best job you ever had

to take a road-trip

to knock on your neighbor's door

to total your first car

to make your first rent payment

to burn your mortgage

to buy a new suit

to donate a crate full of clothes

to bail out a friend

to reach out for help

to watch A Clockwork Orange

to read Where the Wild Things Are

to refuse an aspirin

to fill a prescription for Prozac

to turn your back on the ones who love you

to say something you can't take back

to laugh

to cry

to cheer

to sigh

to sob

to work

to forgive

to play

to cling tightly

to let go

to pop a zit

to color your hair

to be resented

to shave your head bald

to make mistakes

to triumph

to beg for relief

to crash and burn

to marry off your daughter

to bury your father

to pray

to sing

to talk

to console

to yell

to horde

to shun

to share

to freeze

to take a leap of faith

to journey.