A Journey of a Thousand Miles Starts with a Single Step
I’ve been walking my journey for 49 years and 7 months, give or take 9 months. My feet have walked upon the soils of Europe, Africa, Asia, and North America. I’ve seen the waters of the Mediterranean, Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific Ocean and the China Sea. I’ve seen the rich, the poor and the middle class, the good, the bad, and the ugly. I’ve seen the wonders of birth and the despair of death. Yet, I am left to ponder the meaning of it all. Plato wrote the Allegory of the Cave, which tells a story about some people who are chained down in a cave always looking forward. All they can see are shadows cast upon the wall from people walking in front of a fire. This is their reality; they draw their knowledge upon what they can see. It is of course limited. One of them has the chance to break free. He heads for a light and emerges from the cave. His reality and his knowledge is now expanded. This is true, but have things really changed? Does he really know more ...