Staring in to Abyss BLOG 1 Intro

Dan Eldon, an amazing photojournalist and poet, was notorious for saying "It's not the destination, it is the journey." I really thought I understood that. After all is going through college, your twenties and identity crisis after identity crisis isn't a journey, what is? However, traveling to Africa is expanding my understanding of what a journey is. 

Even though I knew I was on a journey, I always would say to myself, 'I can't wait to start my life,' meaning I can't wait until this vision of what my life should look life starts. As it turns out, my life didn't start when I boarded a nine hour flight to Paris, followed by several flights getting my to Cameroon. This was just the new adventure. 

I am starting 'Staring into the abyss' because I don't know what my life, my journey has. For all of us, this journey is like staring into this infinite abyss. We don't know how far will go into it, what will find or if we'll even lose ourselves in it. All we can do is stare at it, and when we are brave enough explore it. 

Today is my first day in Africa, but my 24 year, second month and I suppose 11th day on a journey. Today is my first day walking up in a new country, but it is also the first day I realized I don't have to wait for this play-up vision in my head to come true to start living my life. 

As I board a eight-hour bus ride to Harvest Children Home, I get to celebrate this journey and live it to the fullest. That is a blessing!!!