Mirror, Mirror, You're the Wall

Sometimes when you travel, you get upgraded to a corner room.  In that room might be the most enormous wall mirror you've ever seen (which makes you ponder that "upgrade").  But on the mirror, there's a quote.  And you take a picture because you want to remember it.  You won't be able to post the picture because in order to get the quote, it's at a slightly awkward angle (and it's your room).  So for Monday, in its original formatting (ALL CAPS) from the ceiling to the floor:

IF

TRAVEL

IS

LIKE

LOVE,

IT

IS,

IN

THE END,

MOSTLY

BECAUSE

IT'S

A

HEIGHTENED

STATE

OF

AWARENESS,

IN

WHICH

WE

ARE

MINDFUL,

RECEPTIVE,

UNDIMMED

BY

FAMILIARITY

AND

READY

TO

BE

TRANSFORMED.

THAT

IS

WHY

THE

BEST

TRIPS,

LIKE

THE

BEST

LOVE

AFFAIRS,

NEVER

REALLY

END.

-

PICO

IYER