The Journey

Varanasi on the Ganges River at Morning Near the end of Life's Journey

What a Long Strange Trip It's Been

The burning ghats...my turn someday...

Is It Over, or Just Beginning Again

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The passport photos are taken...The photos and passport are Fed-Ex ed to the Indian Consulate awaiting a visa...Capitol City Tours is waiting on my flight itinerary.

My journey will take me to the city of Varanasi (Benares), one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world dating from 1200 BCE. And someday I hope to go there once more.

Time now to think.

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While I loved the machinama from the China sim a few days ago I must confess that I don't always understand all the lyrics in many songs...so I went and searched the original composer and lyricist.

Here are the words...I'm so struck by how these words make me feel.

And I wonder why.

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All around me are familiar faces

Worn out places, worn out faces

Bright and early for the daily races

Going nowhere, going nowhere

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Their tears are filling up their glasses

No expression, no expression

Hide my head I wanna drown my sorrow

No tomorrow, no tomorrow

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And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad

The dreams I've had of dying are the best I've ever had

I find hard to tell you, I find it hard to take

When people run in circles its a very, very

Mad world, mad world

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Children waiting for the day they feel good

Happy birthday, happy birthday

And I feel the that every child should

Sit and listen, sit and listen

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Went to school and I was very nervous

No one knew me, No one knew me

Hello teacher tell me,what's my lesson?

Look right through me, look right through me

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And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad

The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had

I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take

When people run in circles its a very, very

Mad world, mad world, enlarging your world

Mad world

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"Mad World" by

Gary Jules

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And so it goes

I love you all, brinda

Namaste