Ephemeral

Adjective: "lasting for a very short time."

Synonyms: "transitory--momentary--short-lived"

Antonyms: "everlasting--immortal--permanent"

Moments spawn relationships which breed memories which create both neural and emotional networks in the brain and soul that make whatever "ephemeral" time that passes worth what it was.

I live in the ephemeral.

And, in a month, I will be placed back in a place where this mentality allows you to breed nothing but frustration and worry. Frustrated that no one else lives this way and worry that a) you will never find anyone else that lives this way and b) therefore, you will never be happy.

My best and most interesting trips here have been meeting those new friends, peer teachers, and life-learners through Couchsurfing.

They understand the ephemeral. Something has happened to them on the other side of the Earth that allows them to relate whatever I'm experiencing.

They are interested in you and how you feel about what you are doing.

It's a compromise. You offer something and, whoever's interested bites at it. Rather than fishing for friends, you are actually selling yourself and your interests.

The sales platform: an ephemeral period of time where two or more people come together.
The similarity: they both are couchsurfers, alluding to an ideal state of mind of being open to accepting new people and new experiences.

Present: 1) "to make a gift to" 2) "now existing or in progress"

This mutual understanding or, sharing of similar interests, deals with "presence." The presence of someone novel is a gift. It gives the other person a chance to do something they've never done before in a new place with someone they've just met.

Maybe these aren't real relationships at all...Maybe they are covalent bonds....Maybe the strict definition of the construction of time seals the edges of an afternoon stroll, and vacuum seals someone's personality and ideas into an easily advertised package.


However...

There are no expectations. The day proceeds and unravels as conversation quickly scrapes the surface into the deeper layers of what lies beneath. A motivation of "presence" in the "ephemeral."

This is what I will miss.

I'm excited to go back to familiar places and things--but, my experiences may never be the same.

I was on Spanish tv