As I gazed at the spectacular landscape, I felt my heart lurch with desire. Quietly but firmly, I said to myself: ‘This is not how I planned to spend my Easter holiday’. I took a breath and paced around the Semien Mountain top. Admittedly, I was in love – but with the overwhelming sunset, the perfectly sculptured view of the horizon, the clean, innocent air… and standing barefooted in the warm, tall green grass was like intruding in the Garden of Eden.
Oh the grass, oh the greenness! Another heart-throbbing element of my journey was the breathtaking scenery. I’ve never seen anything like it. As I stood, I absorbed, I learnt, but most of all, I took pleasure in each passing moment. I became flustered knowing I had to return soon – knowing my paradise will eventually escape me, and soon, I'd have to return to my nondescript, rather boring lifestyle profile.
My journey really began when I ran away from myself. I left me sitting in my brother’s living room, gazing at as Geography textbook trying to fathom how forms of weathering is going to impact my life. When I ran, I ran hard and I ran fast. I broke away from any attachments, any moral obligations. It was all spontaneous, and freshly challenging. A foreign feeling began to awake within me. Dust – crept numbingly between my toes. The wind – trying to hold me back, threw chains of strength in my face.
I was being selfish – but I liked it. Gallivanting though the middle of nowhere felt mysterious and bold. I felt my soul blooming with courage and guts, guts I didn’t know I had. I felt a singe of greatness as I smiled. I felt myself excel both emotionally and physically. It was a moment like no other - a moment that if I could, I would relive again and again.
My mind that was once domineering with thoughts… lost its capacity, its solid base. I felt my head floating angelically in the open skies, as my thoughts escaped into the abyss of nature. I felt beauty in my eyes, in my hands and in my heart – I felt love. I wondered how someone could feel so much by doing so little. It was a thrill that could not be tamed, a momentary excursion to my dream utopia. Standing absent-mindedly for minutes actually felt like hours, long, comforting hours.
For once in my youth, I felt alive. I felt like an artist. I felt hyper – I felt like I could teach the plants to dance. I felt like I was on top of the world. I felt audacity powering through my veins – I felt different. I have been secretly craving an enticing moment like this.
And without actually seeing it, I felt the EXODUS of negative energy, thoughts and individuals that dismantled any imagination I grew to foster… I felt love.
My journey really began when I ran away from myself. I left me sitting in my brother’s living room, gazing at as Geography textbook trying to fathom how forms of weathering is going to impact my life. When I ran, I ran hard and I ran fast. I broke away from any attachments, any moral obligations. It was all spontaneous, and freshly challenging. A foreign feeling began to awake within me. Dust – crept numbingly between my toes. The wind – trying to hold me back, threw chains of strength in my face.
I was being selfish – but I liked it. Gallivanting though the middle of nowhere felt mysterious and bold. I felt my soul blooming with courage and guts, guts I didn’t know I had. I felt a singe of greatness as I smiled. I felt myself excel both emotionally and physically. It was a moment like no other - a moment that if I could, I would relive again and again.
My mind that was once domineering with thoughts… lost its capacity, its solid base. I felt my head floating angelically in the open skies, as my thoughts escaped into the abyss of nature. I felt beauty in my eyes, in my hands and in my heart – I felt love. I wondered how someone could feel so much by doing so little. It was a thrill that could not be tamed, a momentary excursion to my dream utopia. Standing absent-mindedly for minutes actually felt like hours, long, comforting hours.
For once in my youth, I felt alive. I felt like an artist. I felt hyper – I felt like I could teach the plants to dance. I felt like I was on top of the world. I felt audacity powering through my veins – I felt different. I have been secretly craving an enticing moment like this.
And without actually seeing it, I felt the EXODUS of negative energy, thoughts and individuals that dismantled any imagination I grew to foster… I felt love.