I made it to PARIS!!!! The city of love! And I'm here by myself.... That's gotta be karma for something right? I mean I hope not, but traveling by yourself through the city of love is interesting. I realized I love people. What matter what language or culture, people are all the same. We all have public embarrassments, arguments, sentiments, everything. We are all the same, which is oddly fun to witness. As a complete stranger and by stander without the ability to just disappear into the digital world on a whim, I've been forced to interact with people all over again, and it's interesting to see how people react. Most everyone goes on their phone, whether with people or on their own, everyone is completely attached to this piece of technology. Probably the most daunting part of this whole experience is going and eating by myself. I challenge everyone reading this to just go have dinner on their own. We are so connected to each other, that this is really my first experience eating dinner by myself without being able to text or talk to my friends at all, and I've really had to test my confidence with just sitting in a restaurant and doing nothing but actually eating my food. Surprisingly, it's actually been kind of exhilarating and extremely weird..... I awkwardly make eye contact with strangers and try to pretend I wasn't just watching them spill soup down their front, or eavesdropping on their conversations they have no idea I only understand every third word of, or seeing them lean in for a kiss on clearly their first date together and getting miserably shot down.... People are amazing, and with other people or a phone, I'm positive I'd miss it all.
Challenge yourself to step out of your comfort zone... You can survive... If only by a string. If not, go someplace you'll never see people again... That works too.
Love, Alison
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