Being a stranger in a strange place is a kind of liberation

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“The freedom of being a stranger in a strange place, knowing no one, needing to know no one, with no obligations, elicits deep feelings of liberation. The farther from the beaten path I go, the quicker my attachment to any idea of how I should be treated is discarded — I’m grateful merely that my needs are met. Without an agenda, or company to distract me, I invariably feel a certain hopelessness that can appear contrary to my aimlessness. Perhaps it’s just the simple joy of being alive.”

–Andrew McCarthy, The Longest Way Home (2012)

Original article can be found here: Being a stranger in a strange place is a kind of liberation