So if you’ve caught any of my posts recently, then this probably shouldn’t be of any surprise. Come September 25th, I’m planning on doing the craziest thing I can fathom. I’m going to walk to California and who knows what after that.. probably just continue walking. I’ve hit a point in life where I’ve lost the inspiration to get a job, get my own place, or essentially.. play the game. I don’t know why I’ve lost the inspiration. I went to college and dropped out because I didn’t feel like I belonged. I joined the military in hopes to find myself there but still am getting kicked out. I’ve worked so many odd jobs never feeling connected. I’ve lost my desire for the newest tv series or any video games. I’m tired of reading books and filling my head with more theories. Parkour and martial arts have been a huge part of my life and I still enjoy them but they have also seemed to have lost their substance. I don’t have any compulsion to start my own family. I’ve been diagnosed with severe sleep apnea, and can’t / won’t tolerate the cpap.. Sleeping in beds makes me wake up feeling like I just nearly escaped suffocating myself while I slept. Ten hours of sleep might as well be two. In the military I’ve been down the dark road of drinking every weekend to numb the pain.. Truthfully, I don’t know where to turn. I’ve delved into different religious doctrines but found all of them to essentially lacking. I thought.. shoot maybe I’ll just go be a monk, but I totally disagree with joining another institution especially if that means celibacy! =0 It bothers me to be in the city around so many people but feeling like we’re all so disconnected. It’s like we’re a bunch of robots running on autopilot mode with no time for intimate relationships. I don’t know where I belong, this is why I’m leaving. It’s not like I’m incapable of succeeding in this world. Recently, I’ve turned down a full time job as a personal trainer. I’m not a victim of my circumstances but I am very much frustrated with the collective consciousness of our world. I wouldn’t be surprised if our politicians end up blowing up the world based upon ridiculous irrational fears. I don’t want to see this world go to crap, but that’s what I’m seeing. I simply sense a great potentiality in humanity being squandered for no good reason at all. This is why I have decided that on this walk to start a website / social media group called Voices of Humanity. I will attempt to ask every person I encounter three fundamental questions about life and get a little of their back story so people can have a space to learn about life through other peoples eyes. I want to connect with people on deeper levels and be able to share that with the world. I firmly believe that if we can start seeing life in multiple dimensions, not just the black and white story most Americans live by -- go to school, get a job, get married, have kids, die (which isn’t bad, but it’s essentially a default path or like a conveyer belt where all you have to do is follow the rules of society and everything will be alright) our lives will be tremendously enriched. I also understand all this could be done without going on some risky walk. There was a point when in the Army, I had a medical appointment for my condition. I simply asked my superior for help to get me to this town that was 50 miles north of my location (because I didn’t have a car.) He basically looked me in the face and told me to f*ck off and walk. So that’s what I did. I probably learned more about myself and other people in those 12 hot and exhausting hours of walking than anything else I’ve ever done. So I suppose I should be thanking my Sergeant. Anyways. To put a cap on it. I’m planning on walking with the bare necessities only accepting food that is offered and accepting shelter if it is offered. If anyone has any experience in a trek like this I would love to hear your perspective. If you would like to tell me I’m crazy and should rethink this, please keep it to yourself because I know it’s crazy and I’ve been rethinking this since January of this year. If you support this idea, I’ll be creating a FB page called ‘Voices of Humanity’ you can like and keep updated on whatever comes along the way. With Love, Joe
Posted on: Tue, 05 Aug 2014 17:53:44 +0000
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