I found this excerpt in my “Drafts” folder. Another example of why travel is so good for the soul.
I’m back from China. And I don’t think I realize just how much that trip has affected me. It’s the kind of trip that will take weeks to settle, the kind that was so stimulating and so mind stretching, that the effects will come only after I give myself the time to let it all seep through. It was amazing. Shocking, uplifting, physically and mentally challenging and just a real eye opener. I’m back feeling grateful, a little more wide eyed and stretched than before. I see things differently. There is a simple abundance everywhere. And I hope that this feeling lasts. I want it to live in me for a long long time. I’m full of so much mental energy, I really don’t know what to do with it. I am craving the stimulus, the novelty, the shock of being somewhere different and new. I love the idea of meeting new people, hearing their stories, making them smile. I feel somewhat limited in this life right now – stuck in an office all day, wishing for something different.
