I need more reasons to travel.
I just want to travel the world. I just want to go and love people of all nations. I want to see other ways of living than my own. I want to see the beautiful lands and see the places that people take pictures of.
I have only been able travel a little bit but I am dying to travel again. I have been able to go both to Thailand and Belgium and I believe I have left part of my heart in each place. Each place giving me new perspectives.
If you have never left the US or even just your own state find a way to change that soon. If you have the opportunity to go on a mission trip to another country, do it. If you have the opportunity to study abroad, do it. I really don’t think I can stress that enough.
There is so much out there that you can’t get just in your own little bubble. Things like getting corn and rice in your coconut ice cream because it is just a normal thing to do. Then also being able to travel to many different places by just riding the tram for about an hour in both directions. You don’t get to sit in a room and hear people all talking in a least three different languages loving on each other even if there is a language barrier. You don’t get to fall in love children who show you how to be joyful and loving regardless of circumstances. You don’t get to marvel at the architecture of the buildings that are around you. You don’t get to drool over a Belgium waffle (seriously it is as good as you think it will be).
You most importantly don’t get to see how lucky you are and how little your own world is. Traveling gives you the opportunity to appreciate other cultures that are so different from your own. It shows you how even when people can be so different we can all still be kind to one another. It didn’t matter if it was a different language, location, or religion.
Even if riding on a plane for at least 23 hours made me lose my mind I would still do it all over again.
Who knows maybe you will find yourself feeling like your heart may actually be in another country, causing you to change all your plans and live somewhere completely new. How crazy would that be?
“In the world through which I travel, I am endlessly creating myself.”
