A Map of The World

If you had to be represented by an object in your home, what would you choose?

My map and my globe. Yes two objects, but really the same thing. There are so many places and parts of the world, just as there are so many different places and parts of me. The world is complicated. I am complicated. There are so many possibilities, so many places to go, and so many dreams to dream. There are so many options, so many unknowns. It creates stress and excitement but also calm and peace, just as my life ebbs and flows in these sorts of peaks and valleys. It is open and welcoming; while at the same time closed and menacing. The expanse of ocean covering the planet alone reminds me of the power of nature and how it cannot be controlled. It can only be respected, just as I experience this myself at times. A map of the world is full of life, ecstatic, but also sometimes able to bring you to tears. The world is so large, so vast; you look at the map and know you could easily become anonymous. Then again you could easily become a headline I suppose.

The large map and globe I have are definitely representative of me - at least the way I see it! I’m a complicated woman full of different bit s and parts. I think getting to know me is like traveling somewhere a little foreign…you know you’ll like me but you’re not too totally sure what to expect. Just as we can point on the map and then talk about where we pointed to, one could probably do the same with me. No doubt I am complicated, just as the world is. But I am also the ultimate dreamer, believing one day my dreams will come true…how can one not dream with all the options, possibilities and unknowns that float around in this world? My map of the world provides me with infinite dreaming, and a dreamer I am.

And well, finally, it just so really inspires the heck out of me to look at the world all laid out on a huge map that takes up my living room wall! (thanks again Michelle!!!!)