Rainy Weekend - Report to Greco... Bike Rides and Cafes

"All my life one of my greatest desires has been to travel-to see and touch unknown countries, to swim in unknown seas, to circle the globe, observing new lands, seas, people, and ideas with insatiable appetite, to see everything for the first time and for the last time, casting a slow, prolonged glance, then to close my eyes and feel the riches deposit themselves inside me calmly or stormily according to their pleasure, until time passes them at last through its fine sieve, straining the quintessence out of all the joys and sorrows."

Such an amazingly true statement.

Well, the weekend has come to an end and what a rainy one it has been.

I was looking forward to some outdoor activity - biking, rollerblading - anything outdoors and active. Saturday was not too bad, overcast but mild, so I ventured "out and about" Toronto, exploring some markets both indoor and outdoor, riding through some areas in town that I had not been to for quite some time and relaxing at a sidewalk cafe. It was a very enjoyable way to spend a Saturday.

Sunday however, was a different story. Rain, rain and more rain. I cannot complain as we have had one amazingly warm summer but I do not often get an entire weekend to myself.

I recently received a book from a friend so decided on an indoor day, wrapped in a book.

The book - Report to Greco - Nikos Kazantzakis - arrived to me earlier this week with a lovely note attached, "Enjoy the Journey that is Life". So fitting. Life is truly a journey.

To quote the author, "Our lifetime is a brief flash, but sufficient".

From his from childhood in Crete to his travels all over the Mediterranean and Europe, Report to Greco is somewhat of an autobiography of one man's spiritual journey, although it has been said that it is a mixture of fact and fiction . Report to Greco is trip through the author's spiritual odyssey from Christianity to Buddhism, Communism and more, as well as his continuous fight to further develop himself; his lifelong search for his own raison d'etre.

Thusfar, I have found that this book, although written years ago, contains ideas, fears, questions, explorations and thoughts of which continue to apply to today's world. There are so many passages that I have found to be so very fitting within the day to day life. As I continue to read, I continue my own journey and that search and further development of myself.

Thus ends another weekend



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Arianne St. Claire