Thursday, October 17, 2013

In the age of libertarianism

To be honest I just googled what does "libertarianism" mean. It's a political philosophy that advocates the minimal intervention of someone's life. In my simpler word, it means freedom. It's about your right to put multiple layers of peanut butter on your bread, your right to sneak out at night and make out with stranger, your right to stop at this point of your life and take your time to decide which step to take next.
When I was traveling around Europe, I woke up everyday thinking "it's a brand new day, who am I gonna be today?". That's the magic, I think, everyday smells like a new piece of couture. And you have the right to get lost in a new city completely, without the small voice screaming "read the map properly you stupid you shouldn't have done the same mistake twice" in your head. When I travel, everyday is a clean slate. And at night, I sat alone in the kitchen at 2am, noted down my stupid thoughts on the new city.

Traveling is a state of mind, it is not about getting the right train to your destination in the shortest time or capture every corner of the city in less than 24 hours. It's more than that! Don't drag your body around the city in a hurry, don't go back to your room at the end of the day and fall asleep right after you posted a photo of yourself on FB, don't wake up the next morning and try to complete your "task" on your itinerary.
They said I trust people easily, too naive, that I shouldn't randomly make conversation with the 27 years old French I just met in sauna, or offer Chocolate to the 22 years old German who sat next to me on the train, that I should be more cautious.
Humanity is beautiful, that's what I think.

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