Sunday, December 5, 2010
For many of us, planning the journey is a lot more fun than actually going on it. But before we even think about disappearing from the 'normal' world for a while, we need to consider why we are going.
I decided to finally travel to Europe and the UK for two reasons:
1. I wasn't happy with my life and where I was going. I felt I was going nowhere fast and had nothing to show for it. The stress of making something out of my life was so strong that I was waking up every morning feeling like crap. It felt like I was walking through sticky, thick porridge all day, every day. Either I would die of a stomach ulcer or I would die while travelling. I preferred the second option.
2. I wanted to see Ireland again since I went there when I was 16. I had never felt 'at home' like that anywhere else other than the Cliffs of Moher, in County Clare on the west coast (I've since found many places that have resonated with me so profoundly that I would gladly give everything up to stay there a couple of years).
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I want to travel to find the Magic in my life again and again, that sense of childlike wonder at everything. My creativity sparks when I'm on the go. Synchronistic events follow me. Magic happens. It begins when I step out of the box I've put myself in.
But what is the point of figuring this out? It helps us connect the universal energies, the Divine, our soul, with the purpose of our journey so that we attract the events we need to experience and people we need to meet to help us grow. Without a goal, our journeys are unfocused. You may still experience what you need to BUT you may not realise why or how without keeping your goal in sight.
So I ask you now: Why do you want to travel? Not why are you deciding to travel, but why do you want to?