Carmen, I came across this well-expressed post today and immediately thought of the title of a book I read years ago. It was called “Wherever You Go, There You Are” by Jon Kabat Zinn. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Travel didn’t fix me—but it gave me space to see what needed healing. The loneliness didn’t disappear just because the scenery changed.
I wrote about this in my own way, in a piece called A Ghost Abroad—about disappearing from one life and slowly reappearing in another. Sharing in case it speaks to anyone else walking that line between escape and becoming:
Welp… that was the gentle slap of reality I didn’t know I ordered. 😅
Carmen, I came across this well-expressed post today and immediately thought of the title of a book I read years ago. It was called “Wherever You Go, There You Are” by Jon Kabat Zinn. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
This resonates so deeply ✈️
Travel didn’t fix me—but it gave me space to see what needed healing. The loneliness didn’t disappear just because the scenery changed.
I wrote about this in my own way, in a piece called A Ghost Abroad—about disappearing from one life and slowly reappearing in another. Sharing in case it speaks to anyone else walking that line between escape and becoming:
https://thebenthalls.substack.com/p/a-ghost-abroad
Such a strange, beautiful life—stitched with longing, memory, and a little bit of hope. Thank you!