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The opposite of lost is knowing where you're going — and choosing not to.
means To move about with no fixed route or destination, drifting wherever the path or the mind happens to lead.
from From Old English 'wandrian,' to roam or stray, a kin of the Germanic family that also gave us 'wind' (the verb — to twist and turn) and possibly 'wend.' The whole cluster shares a sense of curving, meandering motion rather than a straight march. Note its close cousin 'wonder': to let the mind wander is, fittingly, to wonder — though the two words came down separate but neighboring roads.
- shared root
- Same origin as wind — both meander unbothered
- wanderlust
- German loan word, literally desire to wander
- planet
- Greek planetes meant wandering star
- vagus nerve
- Named from Latin for wandering, snakes through your body
bill bryson's walk — author walked 2,168 miles along the appalachian trail in 1998, documented in 'a walk in the woods'
chris mccandless journey — young man hitchhiked and walked across north america in 1992 before dying in alaska
reginald ray's pilgrimage — buddhist scholar walked across america in 1970 to spread dharma teachings