I'm lost. I'm beyond lost.
I need to search, and I need your help.
I need to search for who I am, and I need to search for who I want to be. I know neither of these people.
I feel as if I am lost in a sea of individuals who are headed towards an ultimate goal, and I am lacking this direction.
I am tired of working jobs that don't fill my soul with meaning or happiness.
I want to experience life.
I am book educated but this alone has not led me towards fulfillment. I would like to be educated in the ways of the world.
I need to travel to new places. I need to search for the place in which I belong.
I need to search, and I need you to help me search.
I can not do this alone.
I am asking only for what you can spare.
Do you have funds to donate to travel expenses?
Do you have a place where I might stay while traveling (England, Italy, France, Greece, Spain, or Ireland)?
Could you provide a warm meal and good company?
I'm afraid I will never find the place where I can stop spinning and find happiness and meaning.
Update (September, 2008):
I made it to England. This is all very exciting.
I have overwhelming plans to add culture to my life (as if this were as easy as a dash of salt). To feel as many countries beneath my feet, and let my heart and brain pour themselves into as many art museums that I possibly am able.
As much planning as I have done for this experience, I still feel as though I am 'winging it.'
I've booked planes and trains, automobiles and boats. But as far as the destination itself, my willingness to make plans goes out the window. I find the museums, I find a bed in which to sleep, and for the rest of my time I wander. I let my body drift with the wind; I let the Earth pull at my feet.
Planning my time in a completely unknown land seems to me to defeat the "find myself, figure out who I am" vibe I have set.
Just go and see and experience and feel.
Next month (October, MY BIRTHDAY)
I have planned an open ended trip trough Italy, France and perhaps a stop-over in Greece.
After this trip, I will have Ireland, Amsterdam (thoughts out of the gutter please! VanGogh's museum is there!!), possibly Spain and Scotland to visit.
Because I live in the US, there is no work visa that applies to me at this moment.
Do you or do you know anyone who lives in the Stansted / Bishop's Stortford area and would sponsor me as an employer?