If I could sit myself down in late July 2016, I would have listened to my very legitimate worries about how to say goodbye, what to pack, and what to do about money. After just listening to all that, December Me would have told July Me the following important information:
1. When it comes to packing, remember, people live there. They either know how to do it or are surviving without doing it. (This apparently does not apply to shoes. Bring ALL your shoes.)
2. Bring a journal from before you left. You were a person quite different then, but still a whole, dignified person. It's good to remember those days when you understood the world around you.
It's also good to see the holes and questions you had before the move. Moving has brought new pain, but it has answered some of your questions, deepened your dreams, changed your life.
3. You don't have to go everywhere and experience everything right away. Reading books is still an acceptable pastime, no matter the continent.
4. You're going to write again. And you're going to love it.
5. You're going to learn, sometimes in marginal insight, other times in quantum leaps. It will be a direct relationship between your open, flexible heart/mind and your uptake.
ReplyDelete6. You'll never see the world the same again.
7. When you come home, it will feel less than home. Home is now in your heart, and wherever you lay your hat.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3dWDJhLCgdo
Spot on, each one, Ig.
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