The more I travel, the more I realize that I should have done much more traveling while I was younger. Now that I have a travel partner, I feel a bit more secure about going into the unknown (for me) and experiencing new things.
In the case of this cruise, it wasn't much of a stretch for me to take this trip. I am comfortable with the cocoon of cruise ship travel, as it allows me to feel safe in foreign lands. What was new for me was the casual elegance of this ship. This was the first time that I kept bumping into people who think like I do. (I'm not talking about agreeing with me. I'm talking about people who can disagree, but talk about and analyze objective data.
I remember one acquaintance telling me that I would enjoy the Queen Mary 2. And she was right. Sadly, she is preoccupied, and doesn't include me in her circle anymore. But then, there is a difference in social class between us, and I figure that she isn't comfortable with someone from my social level. Yet, I feel that I finally was in my milieu when I was on this ship. Maybe, I have finally started to reach the social level I could have been in when younger, had I only proper mentoring and guidance.
Sadly, the older I get, the more I realize that I wasted much of my life. We live two lives: the first, where we waste much of it away. And the second, where (if we're lucky) live up to our fullest potential. For me, travel is helping me live up to that potential.
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