By the middle of our second year it was down to us and two other teams.
Five continents, sixty-odd cities and countless towns, villages, hamlets and burgs.
Every step another piece in the puzzle, every discovery a link in the chain.
The journey changed us. Who we thought we were.
It’s hard to explain.
When we’d set out, we had concrete ideas.
How each of us fit into the world.
How we fitted one another.
When we started it seemed simple but not easy.
Now it is the other way around.
We keep going because onward is the only direction.
Dear Josh,
“simple but not easy”…I like that. There’s a lot more story between the lines. Tight and spare. Well written as always.
Shalom,
Rochelle
PS Him, too. ;)
That sounds like some journey, with a lot to be discovered on the way. I liked the tone.
I’m a sucker for philosophy. I liked this very much
Yeah, i too liked this one. Little heavy stuff but nevertheless extremely intriguing..
Super story, Josh, really thought-provoking. You’ve dramatized in a most striking way, the idea that travel broadens the mind, and mixed in a comment on how a competitive situation can become a monomania. I hope they hadn’t called their team ‘The Pequod’!
How silly of me! They’re the Argonauts of course as the title says. Oops!
A modern and up to date version of the Argonauts. I like it.
Your last line says it all. Interesting!
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What the hell? Where is friggin Talos?
You are moving and you know the direction. That is nice.
I love this and find it very uplifting. Travelling, learning, changing, these are good things. Now the challenge is easy but not simple, another very good thing.
Nice tale of an odyssey, only, of course, I’m getting my myths mixed up with my Homer. :) Two years of high school Latin doesn’t get you too far. I’ll have to re-read the story about the Argonauts. But it does makes me wonder. Does the J in your name stand for Jason? Love the last line, by the way.
No, stands for Josh. Old Testament refetence. Thanks for reading.
Really thought-provoking and interesting take.
Such a deep and complex story in just 100 words.
Feels sort of like being pulled out to see by a riptide. You just have to go with the flow :)
Very interesting. Great job!
“simple but not easy” now it is easy but not simple. Nice turn here.