Congruence [kŏng'grōō-əns]. What a great word. I’ve been realizing how much I value this trait in people, in living life; recognizing how much I seek it in my own identity, though often unconsciously. I wonder how much of who I am matches what I’m doing, how I spend my time, where I find myself?

Take this blog for an example. Why is the title Wayfaring Wagner? The ‘Wagner’ is self-explanatory. I’m not so sure about the ‘Wayfaring’ part. It might have been true, to some extent, as over the past five years I have lived nowhere longer than nine months. But in June of this year I began a job that locks me into a place and role for at least the next two years. One place to stay unpacked. 24 months. That is wayfaring no longer in my mind. So I may be purporting something about myself that is no longer true.

Also, now that I think about it, even when I was more actively traipsing about the planet, the term wayfaring still remains an external modifier and not truly congruent to who I was. My frequent border traversing and continent criss-crossing didn’t reflect my inner me, which was actually quite fixed on certain goals and desires that simply brought that lifestyle to life.

Hmm, maybe I’m taking this too far. Choosing the term “wayfaring” did provide a nice alliteration with my surname.

On the other hand, I may now decide on a more congruent name for my blog…one that more accurately reflects my direction, ponderings and self; not my passport pages, flight itineraries or job responsibilities.

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