What I don't love is the re-entry - the flurry of slipping back into the life I left behind while I was gone - a life that doesn't quite fit because I have shifted, transformed a bit. It's like a pair of favorite socks that have been washed and now are a bit scratchy and tight.
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After a journey...an expansion...an awakening...nothing ever seems to fit. But for me, I remember it "is that life" that allowed me to sail...and it will no doubt adjust to accommodate. Perhaps the nautilus understands this best.
ReplyDeletePerhaps what is worse is when the apparent transformations and new insights fade into the background of who you are and what you do in what seems to be an ordinary life.
ReplyDeleteAnd that is the key Stan, it's very easy to slip back into the familiar, documenting / recording the thoughts and feelings that accompany the shift help to keep the ordinary from re-claiming it's territory.
DeleteTravel needs to be journaled and photographed. And not necessarily with electronic media. I do not write in journals daily. But nothing has replaced them yet for the random thoughts while experiencing the different.
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