Living abroad means that you meet travelers often. I always ask them, "So why are you traveling?" and many times the response I get is, "to find myself- a bit of soul searching I suppose."
What I think I know more and more is that what we are actually looking for along the way is not to find ourselves, but to find the courage to be who we are; to cultivate happiness for ourselves, and maintain that for at least most of the time.
Who we are is within in us. It has been from day zero.
The core of us is love, I have seen it over and over when we are at our best, even from the "worst" of us. The rest is the bad habits we picked up along the way isn't it? The tools and reactions that are no longer useful for us but still stick if we allow them and YES- that puts US in the way of our own happiness.
So traveling for this purpose is unnecessary. Find the courage in that time and practice being yourself around strangers.
Travel to learn from others totally different from you....there you will find courage you never imagined.
What I think I know more and more is that what we are actually looking for along the way is not to find ourselves, but to find the courage to be who we are; to cultivate happiness for ourselves, and maintain that for at least most of the time.
Who we are is within in us. It has been from day zero.
The core of us is love, I have seen it over and over when we are at our best, even from the "worst" of us. The rest is the bad habits we picked up along the way isn't it? The tools and reactions that are no longer useful for us but still stick if we allow them and YES- that puts US in the way of our own happiness.
So traveling for this purpose is unnecessary. Find the courage in that time and practice being yourself around strangers.
Travel to learn from others totally different from you....there you will find courage you never imagined.
