Comments on: The Journey to Ithaca http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/the-journey-to-ithaca/ Unconventional Strategies for Life, Work, and Travel Tue, 22 May 2012 08:00:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: James http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/the-journey-to-ithaca/comment-page-1/#comment-69727 James Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:28:23 +0000 http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/?p=4471#comment-69727 This is a great poem which I think forces us all to just push through with our owm journey. It's true that we always overestimate the risks while underestimating our own abilities. This is a great poem which I think forces us all to just push through with our owm journey. It’s true that we always overestimate the risks while underestimating our own abilities.

]]> By: Marina http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/the-journey-to-ithaca/comment-page-1/#comment-25656 Marina Sat, 14 Aug 2010 16:53:39 +0000 http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/?p=4471#comment-25656 Hi, I just started following your blog in my google reader and I was scrolling through the older posts and saw this one...and it hit me because my father who passed away 4 years ago (and was a poet himself) love this poem. We read it at his deathbed and it was read again at his funeral...He truly lived his life that way and its something I aspire to... Thank you for the inspiration, Marina Hi,
I just started following your blog in my google reader and I was scrolling through the older posts and saw this one…and it hit me because my father who passed away 4 years ago (and was a poet himself) love this poem. We read it at his deathbed and it was read again at his funeral…He truly lived his life that way and its something I aspire to…
Thank you for the inspiration,
Marina

]]> By: Sandy Mejia http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/the-journey-to-ithaca/comment-page-1/#comment-24051 Sandy Mejia Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:14:17 +0000 http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/?p=4471#comment-24051 Totally loved it!!! Ithaca- as a goal Ithaca - as a place Ithaca - as a dream Ithaca - as the place where we all will open our eyes once we have closed in this world. Just enjoy the journey :) Totally loved it!!!

Ithaca- as a goal
Ithaca – as a place
Ithaca – as a dream
Ithaca – as the place where we all will open our eyes once we have closed in this world.

Just enjoy the journey :)

]]> By: Lach http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/the-journey-to-ithaca/comment-page-1/#comment-23937 Lach Sun, 11 Jul 2010 03:30:50 +0000 http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/?p=4471#comment-23937 Goosebumps. Goosebumps.

]]> By: Maarten http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/the-journey-to-ithaca/comment-page-1/#comment-23846 Maarten Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:45:17 +0000 http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/?p=4471#comment-23846 great poem and beautiful metaphor Chris! It also reminded me of sailing into the port of Ithaca (the greek island itself)literally. Having heard all the stories growing up, it was a very magical experience to visit the physical place I had heard about so many times. It not only deepened my experience of the island and the journey to it (not from Turkey, but only from an airport a few islands away, but still) but also of the epos itself. There's just no substitute for going there! thanks for making me relive the memory, Chris! great poem and beautiful metaphor Chris! It also reminded me of sailing into the port of Ithaca (the greek island itself)literally. Having heard all the stories growing up, it was a very magical experience to visit the physical place I had heard about so many times. It not only deepened my experience of the island and the journey to it (not from Turkey, but only from an airport a few islands away, but still) but also of the epos itself. There’s just no substitute for going there! thanks for making me relive the memory, Chris!

]]> By: Andrea http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/the-journey-to-ithaca/comment-page-1/#comment-23822 Andrea Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:38:22 +0000 http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/?p=4471#comment-23822 What a lovely reminder to enjoy the journey ... so often we are in a rush to get there, do this, and finish that. We forget the point: to savor the here and now. The journey will end soon enough. Thank you for sharing this beautiful poem! What a lovely reminder to enjoy the journey … so often we are in a rush to get there, do this, and finish that. We forget the point: to savor the here and now. The journey will end soon enough. Thank you for sharing this beautiful poem!

]]> By: heather http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/the-journey-to-ithaca/comment-page-1/#comment-23821 heather Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:40:53 +0000 http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/?p=4471#comment-23821 Being from Ithaca (New York), this really stuck out for me and made me happy. After a terrible break up, I'm packing up my apartment in Baltimore, moving everything back to Ithaca, and then starting a road trip across the country. I'll return to Ithaca when my trip is over... whenever that may be. I'm looking forward to the journey. Being from Ithaca (New York), this really stuck out for me and made me happy. After a terrible break up, I’m packing up my apartment in Baltimore, moving everything back to Ithaca, and then starting a road trip across the country. I’ll return to Ithaca when my trip is over… whenever that may be. I’m looking forward to the journey.

]]> By: beeandmundy http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/the-journey-to-ithaca/comment-page-1/#comment-23773 beeandmundy Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:12:06 +0000 http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/?p=4471#comment-23773 A wonderful blog. The journey, not the arrival matters - as Leonard Woolf said in his eponymous autobiography. Thanks for this inspiring message. A wonderful blog. The journey, not the arrival matters – as Leonard Woolf said in his eponymous autobiography. Thanks for this inspiring message.

]]> By: tom http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/the-journey-to-ithaca/comment-page-1/#comment-23772 tom Tue, 06 Jul 2010 05:28:53 +0000 http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/?p=4471#comment-23772 I'm off to the United States for the first time in August. I'll be flying to LA, spending a week there, then flying on to Wisconsin. From there I'll be Route 66ing it back to LA. I haven't worked out how to get the car back to Wisconsin yet, but after that I'm flying out to Costa Rica to work for a bit. So a long road ahead of me. I’m off to the United States for the first time in August. I’ll be flying to LA, spending a week there, then flying on to Wisconsin. From there I’ll be Route 66ing it back to LA. I haven’t worked out how to get the car back to Wisconsin yet, but after that I’m flying out to Costa Rica to work for a bit. So a long road ahead of me.

]]> By: Del http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/the-journey-to-ithaca/comment-page-1/#comment-23769 Del Tue, 06 Jul 2010 02:46:22 +0000 http://chrisguillebeau.com/3x5/?p=4471#comment-23769 The journey is going well now that I "set out" on it. It is amazing what happens when you actually put your life into action. Hope you're enjoying Burkina Faso & Mali. The journey is going well now that I “set out” on it. It is amazing what happens when you actually put your life into action. Hope you’re enjoying Burkina Faso & Mali.

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