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“So I decided I would do everything my Dad had not, everything I would need to have the perspective and point of view I felt he lacked, even if it meant getting lost, hurt, in trouble, or ending up somewhere I could never have dreamed of.”

Life LessonsSelf DiscoveryComing Of AgeGrowth MindsetWild And FreePerspective ShiftBreaking CyclesFind Your PathTravel Changes You
Book:Jet Lag Junkie: Unfiltered Tales of a Compulsive Wanderer
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“I’ve ruined myself for a normal life. I know that now. And I didn't do it with drugs, or a scandalous affair, but I’ve ruined myself the old-fashioned way: I packed my bags, left the house, got on a plane, and flew across an ocean.”

Self DestructionModern PhilosophyExpatriatePerspective ShiftThe Cost Of SeeingWorldview BreakNomad SoulInternal DisplacementPost Travel BluesWanderlust Cynic
Book:Notes From Exile: The "Manual for the Broken”
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“When you travel, You fall in love in fast-forward. Because you know there is an expiration date. You know one of you has a flight on Tuesday. It’s not romance. Don't kid yourself. It’s a desperation. You’re alone in a city that doesn't speak your language. You find someone else who looks just as lost as you. You hold onto each other. You squeeze a lifetime into a weekend. You swear it means something. Then the train comes. The bus leaves. And you’re just left with a phone number you’ll never call and a spot in the bed that gets cold real fast. It’s a cheap trick. But we fall for it every time.”

Self DestructionModern PhilosophyExpatriatePerspective ShiftThe Cost Of SeeingWorldview BreakNomad SoulInternal DisplacementPost Travel BluesWanderlust Cynic
Book:Notes From Exile: The "Manual for the Broken”
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“Here's the crazy thing about light. It can be flat and dull, casting nothing into shadow and throwing little into relief. Everything is illuminated exactly the same; nothing to entice or call you forward. Any photographer knows that you can take a million technically perfect photos in light like that—perfect but lacking magic. But all it takes is one tiny, almost imperceptible shift, and suddenly everything dances and turns into prisms of color and lines that beckon and move and sing. You don’t have to travel an inch. No doing or undoing. Just the slightest shift (of position, of perspective, of power) and everything is transformed. Light like that asks us to remember that it’s all magic, one way or another, isn’t it? We just have to be willing to spin until we catch it, hold it as long as it wishes to be held, and then release and watch it dance away. And then we shift and shift and shift again. We can’t hold anything, not really, only learn to dance with it while it is ours to have and know. But there is one thing I know in this life, I’ll never stop chasing the shift. I’ll never stop looking for new ways to see. I’ll never stop seeking the light.”

Perspective ShiftEmbracing ImpermanenceChasing The LightDance With LifeFinding Beauty In Small ShiftsIllumination And ChangeMagic Of LightSeeing DifferentlySeeking New PerspectivesTransformative Moments
Author:Jeanette LeBlanc
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