Upon graduating from college, I received a card from my dear friend Lauren Cunningham. A quote by Thoreau in black lettering against a white background read, “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined.”
Those very words lit a fire in me. The only problem was that I did not know how to manipulate the flame. What was the direction of my dreams? What life had I imagined for myself? After a mountain of deliberation, I realized that traveling has never steered me in the wrong direction. I imagine that it never will. I realized that in order to set m... full info