Am I Healing My Inner Child?

Hello everyone!

It has been weeks since I got home from my first international trip, but my mind is still in Ninh Binh. I was thinking that maybe this is a big deal for me because I am healing my inner child. Thoughts upon thoughts lead to a realization that maybe my life is not moving at a pace I wanted is because I'm still fulfilling my childhood dreams and frustrations. I really don't know how to process my emotions, so I don't know if what I'm saying here is true. One thing is for sure, I'm just so happy to have a place where I can share my truths and realities. The engagements I got from my previous post showed that I still have this place as my ultimate tribe even if I'm not posting as often as I wanted to.

As for the reason why I have this healing my inner child notion, let me share this story:

I should be posting about the streets of Hanoi, but there are still a lot of photos to process, and I didn't have the time yet to collect them from my camera and GoPro. My mind is still wandering and wondering how I was able to achieve one of my ultimate dreams. As I've mentioned in my previous post, international travel for Filipinos is more of a luxury than a right. That's why it took me this long to be able to travel abroad.

While the harmony in chaos, which aptly describes Old Quarter, Hanoi, sparked my interest to write again, it was Ninh Binh that solidified my resolve to visit the places of my dreams. Cliche, I know, but it's what I felt when I was strolling the wooden paths in that lotus lake in Hang Mua Ecolodge. Places of my dreams because I was just dreaming of these places when I was a child.

Growing up deprived of something as basic as electricity, watching TV was a delight. We would walk a few kilometers in the dead of the night just to watch a movie. I remember those Chinese kung fu movies where the characters would fly or hover above some scenic backgrounds and fight or show some of their other-worldly martial arts. I know it's fantasy, but my young mind can't get enough of those scenic backgrounds and a lotus lake is one of them. I can't believe I was able to stand in the middle of a lotus lake, not in China, but in Vietnam.

I guess it's true that 30 is the new 20. A lot of dreams have been fulfilled the moment I turn 30 and it was just two months ago. While I was excited of what's to come while I am slowly fulfilling my childhood dreams, my parents are so proud of me. While we were on the trip, my mother asked for videos and photos and she then posted in her Facebook of how proud she was that I'm fulfilling my dreams. My father once said that they probably could never achieved what I have achieved. I realized that my dreams and aspirations became their dreams and aspirations. I'm just so thankful for my supportive parents even if I thought I deviated from the conventional career/work set-up.

Another thing I'm very thankful for is Hive. I probably won't be able to do these things without Hive. From the support in terms of documents I presented in the immigration to the comments I got in my previous post, all I get was the idea that there are people who are rooting for me, even those I didn't meet yet.

Let this post be a reminder that dreams do come true. The universe is probably working on your next dream and the right time and place will come for you.

Kim Ybañez

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