Washington Reflection

Putting government and politics aside, Washington feels like a city in its own world; like a city that has allowed itself to be so intimately involved in American life yet so remote and independent. It’s almost like a city that has escaped the doldrums that many others have faced. It’s unlike any other city, unlike any other “state,” if you will. It’s the epicenter of the greatest nation on earth, the beating heart of the land of the free, yet it has a mind and soul of its own. Allen’s view of Washington and its contrast with sister cities is why I love Washington. Sometimes Washington can seem artificial – we have buildings and monuments and memorials commemorating nothing but themselves. Department of this and Office of that. Everything seems scripted. Like a maze or a jigsaw puzzle that jumped right off the page and onto the streets and into plan living form. However, from sunrise to sunset, Washington proves that it is alive and thriving. Washington has the uncanny ability to be vibrant yet calm, busy yet peaceful, urban yet rural, full of business yet full of nature, and so forth. Living in Washington is like working in a remote paradise. Although sometimes it’s a repeating pattern, the heartbeat of Washington is unique enough to speak for its fame and prestige, yet makes it easy to call home.