There are several experiences in my life that make me stop and take a photographic memory in my life, this past month I have had several of those. I recently traveled to the Adriatic Coast and the entire experience was amazing. I will individual break down those moments in future posts but what I want to concentrate on today is what changed inside my soul during this journey.
Each quest I take has a unique effect on me. I doubt anyone can open themselves to new experiences and come back to their daily life and feel the same. Currently, I feel as though my entire life I have been living with a coating of gray over my eyes and after this journey I feel I see colors I didn't before and my palate has experienced flavors distant to it in my previous life. Everything I saw and ate on this trip was amazing and flavorful. The fruit was sweeter, the sauces more dynamic, and everything tasted fresh. I came back to a world of processed foods and a keen sense for tasting added sugar in things I previously was unaware of.
My most important observation is that my entire daily life lacks the passion I need it to have. I have no outdoor cafes on every corner, no street music echoing through the town, no outdoor fruit stands selling blackberries and raspberries for 1 Euro. My entire regular life seems overpriced and over processed. I have reached a tipping point where I don't want my life to be any of those things. I want the art of growing food, I want to smell fresh herbs. I don't want the quick way anymore but the detailed way. I want to eat something that has substance and I watched it grow from start to finish.
There are a lot of things I love about America, but the concept the faster the better is not one of them. I have been sucked into this way of life for so long that I think my best options are my quickest options. Nothing in life should ever be done fast for the sake of ruining the quality of it. I sometimes feel so out of place and I realize when I travel I doubt my residence in the good ol' USA. I don't fit at all with anything my society is trying to shove down my throat. There are so many books I want to read, so many symphonies I haven't listened too, and so many places I haven't visited yet.
