http://vimeo.com/34400428
I found this video on Vimeo entitled Time is Nothing by Kien Lam, and just had to share it for so many reasons. One, there are those of us who are willing to put it all to the side to just experience life. For those of us who scramble around at frenetic paces trying to complete that non-stop task list of expectations, their actions would either seem irresponsible or enviable. I stand in the latter group, because I haven’t had the opportunity to travel in quite some time. From a childhood where my life was all about non-stop travelling, I suddenly became rooted to a spot without notice. It’s these types of videos that are calling to that dormant travel bug in me that wants to experience the planet in its entirety. I want to meet new people, and encounter new cultures, and learn new ways of life.
The world is a vast treasure that is much like an oyster shell, awaiting for someone to open it so that the radiant pearl at its center can be shared after all that time it took to make it. It looks like Kien has already started to pry open that shell and is awash in all of the beauty that the world contains. Our dreams can only become reality if we choose to embrace them. Sometimes it takes the realization that life is too short, and we have to live it to its fullest. We become richer because of these experiences. The world becomes more unified with each new person that reaches out to embrace it. Maybe this video is that postcard telling you that the world calls for you to embrace it fully?
p.s. go To Kien’s blog and see how his immersion year changed him.
