Always On The Run

For many they seem to follow others and bury themselves in an ever-flowing routine and let problems build up, eventually it all comes crashing in on them and they realize less is better. (I think to myself why would I want to live a life like that) We are creatures of habit and all seem to have a natural attraction to one way of living our life, with all due respect these are my thoughts on life.

"A friend once told me that I like running.".....


This is a though one for any who naturally enjoy the process of rambling across the land (Nomad), for me it's not the destination or past that motivates me to move along it's the simple unknown that grabs my interest and keeps me moving. To others who clam to like living a "cookie cutter life" the thought of just going from place to place is outrageous and to them impossible. Therefore they only see it as I'm running from the past, with all due respect this lifestyle is simple not fitting for most. :)

Most people I talk to about what I do and "where I'm from" Seem to all have the same automatic response, that being "I think your lifestyle is really interesting and cool but I don't think I could do it myself, it just isn't for me." lol This is normally followed by my story of how I got to where I'm at, at that point.

At the end of the day we look for the next unknown and take it head on and go there or do that, if we find a place we enjoy we stay awhile, with no tie downs at least for me it makes me truly happy and defiantly more confident. Below is an excerpt I came across and agree with written by Nowhere Man

 Anyone that says they have no regrets in life I believe is full of crap.  We all have at least one thing where we wish we could turn back the clock and do it all over again knowing what we know now. Thinking about that, every now and then I do wonder..what if....what if..I wasn't always on the run?  What if I didn't have trust issues?  What if I never had to worry about making an escape?  What if I wasn't always a stranger?  What if I had stayed in one school long enough to be popular and know lots of people?  What if I still knew anybody from grade school at all?   What if I could let my guard down? What if everything I owned wasn't packed in bags? What if I knew where I was going? What if that accident never happened? What if I had family I could talk to?  What if I was a better person?  What if I had never gotten back in the car that night?  What if I had finished college?  What if I had never gone AWOL? What if I was never a fugitive? What if I had never met the wrong people? What if I wasn't always looking over my shoulders? What if I had never seen the inside of a cell? What if being in love lasted forever? What if breaking up didn't hurt so much? What if I didn't make so many mistakes that I regret?..

What if..
..what if..I wasn't always on the run?  What if I didn't have trust issues?  What if I never had to worry about making an escape?  What if I wasn't always a stranger?  What if I had stayed in one school long enough to be popular and know lots of people?  What if I still knew anybody from grade school at all?   What if I could let my guard down? What if everything I owned wasn't packed in bags? What if I knew where I was going? What if that accident never happened? What if I had family I could talk to?  What if I was a better person?  What if I had never gotten back in the car that night?  What if I had finished college?  What if I had never gone AWOL? What if I was never a fugitive? What if I had never met the wrong people? What if I wasn't always looking over my shoulders? What if I had never seen the inside of a cell? What if being in love lasted forever? What if breaking up didn't hurt so much? What if I didn't make so many mistakes that I regret?..

What if..                                                          

  ..I wasn't alone..

(Excerpt written by Nowhere Man)