The power and magic of gaining a new perspective
I have had the pleasure and opportunity of being able to travel the world now for almost 8 years now. I am deeply grateful for those experiences and memories. Besides the mesmerizing beautiful people, challenging times and great “out of the comfort zone” experiences, which allowed me to grow and be more in line with myself, I am still amazed at how travelling inspires & surprises me time after time in new ways.
Throughout my travel, the most precious memories are the “awakenings”. As I am on my journey, one of the most difficult challenges is not being with the loved ones or being able to share those moments, which we are experiencing, directly with each other. This is causing me quite often to be homesick at one or two points during my adventure. Nevertheless, I figure, this is also when one part of the magic of travelling is about to unveil itself to me.
The moment, when I acknowledge that feeling of being homesick, accept it and might allow the melancholic emotion to run through my thoughts until I decide to keep just going for a little longer. Prolonging my journey or knowing it is still quite some time left over before returning home (usually after 2–3 months being on the road), I start to embrace the feeling and find myself drifting off, I feel unease, moody and demotivated.
So, I start to change the location, listen to music and start having these deep conversations with strangers, when suddenly the chemistry is just about perfect. Right at that most unexpected time, with the right song and just a few words, my whole perspectives start to shift and it feels like and enlightenment.
This is the power and magic of gaining a new perspective and growing. I start to feel fresh and breathtakingly free. And euphoric tickle is running through my veins and enriches me with new perspectives, which immediately allowed me to breathe in deeper.
It feels like I can stretch further, run faster and all problems and struggles seem to lose their feeling of importance as they matter less. The feeling of being aligned with oneself replaces doubts and the love for my beloved ones just grows naturally. The previous feeling of being homesick has suddenly changed to an appreciation and gratitude paired with an indescribable feeling of being alive.
I guess for the stranger sitting across the table, who I have been talking to the whole evening, this growing and resting smile on my face after everything falls into place, might be the way of how the outside might see what the magic of travelling means to me.
Original source by https://medium.com/@joern_highvibe/one-part-of-why-i-like-traveling-the-magic-moments-142be88300c9