The Wander Society.
I'm contemplating becoming a member. "Society wants us to live a planned existance, following paths that have been travelled by others. Tried and true. The known, the expected, the controlled, the safe."
These are the words of Keri Smith, author of an intriguing book entitled The Wander Society. Wandering does not have to be a place that you visit, it can be a state of mind. Allowing your thoughts to wander is a way to spur on your own creativity.
Recently, I saw an "out of the box" idea on Face Book. Amazon has come up with a clever idea surrounding the many millions of boxes that are delivered during the Christmas season. Instead of throwing them out, why not fill them up with items you no longer need or want, and use a free shipping label to send them to Goodwill? I'm always impressed by ingenuity.
I'm thinking that members of the Wander Society are probably comfortable doing things in a new and different way. They might find themselves asking "Why?" and "Why not?" more than most. A wanderer probably will embrace adventure and risk as opposed to the familiar. I'm hoping to find myself wandering more in the next year.
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