Wow, Lauren, welcome home. What a profound shift. And I relate to this so much! These sentences crush it: “It was never the people or the place. Surprise, surprise I was running from me. Everywhere I went, there I was. Finally, that’s a glorious thing.”
For me, I spent 16 years of my adult life “running” abroad. Finally, I ran and found myself home. Really home. No more “have to” go. I can “choose to travel”, but it is no longer a compulsive wanderlust that has its joys and limitations.
Wow, Lauren, welcome home. What a profound shift. And I relate to this so much! These sentences crush it: “It was never the people or the place. Surprise, surprise I was running from me. Everywhere I went, there I was. Finally, that’s a glorious thing.”
For me, I spent 16 years of my adult life “running” abroad. Finally, I ran and found myself home. Really home. No more “have to” go. I can “choose to travel”, but it is no longer a compulsive wanderlust that has its joys and limitations.
Thank you for your gorgeous, generous writing.
Oh wow, Laura!
Thank you so very much for reading and for taking the time to share these reflections with me. This means so very much.
I am so pleased it resonated and I absolutely feel you on the lack of have to's and the abundance of choose to's. What a blessing! 🧡🧡🧡