So I got to FaceTime with my family today and at one point my cousin Jonathan asked my grandma specifically "Do you have any travel advice for her?"
If you know my family, then you know they all chimed in, making the advice even more special. I got the be safe, be smart as well as the no tattoos with dirty needles...Now if you know my family then you also know tattoos are not a loved art form, so for them to say that means they have basically just accepted my off beat nature and my love for tattoos. They also spent a few minutes talking about my newest tattoo and the results were positive. HOORAY!
The best advice I got was simple, and that was from my grandma. She said "see everything"! How short and yet how powerful!
See everything.
My grandma is by nature eclectic to say the least and incredibly strong willed. I like to think that is where I get it from. The fact that I bite all my sea glass to make sure its real and have an obsession with obscure necklaces definitely shows I am part of her kin, so to have this woman who has traveled the world multiple times over tell me to see everything was truly inspiring.
It may seem like such a small thing, but any adventurer can attest to the fact that their dream is to see everything.
I want to see how people eat on the other side of the world. I want to know what it's like to walk the deserts, hike the jungles, play sports with the locals and see the beauty in the world. I want to know what Ankor Wat is like in the middle of the night basking under a million stars. I want to know what it feels like to go camping with the person I love under the Northern Lights. I want to see everything, feel everything and experience everything I can in this life.
I want the kind of stories that Buzzy told me when I was a kid; the kind that inspired me to see the world.
When I said to my aunt that I was ready to come home because I missed everyone, she said "you'll come home and it will be the same ol' same ol'." While I miss that tremendously, she is absolutely right.
I left with a great boyfriend, a beautiful apartment, a good job, a spoiled but awesome dog and living with one of my best friends. Guess what? I'm coming home to my great boyfriend, my apartment is still there as is my dog and all my family and friends. The job part is still in the air, but hey why fight God on showing my purpose. It will be given to me when He is ready.
Taking off for solo travel or any travel is scary, but really I can't see anything scarier than being 10 years in the future unhappy with my life because I didn't set out on a course to see everything and to fulfill my soul.
So Buzz, I will see everything and it will probably put me in some shady situations. I might get malaria from the jungle or frost bite from Mt. Everest (one day I will make it there!!) but I'll be darned if I don't see every inch of this world that I can while I still have the chance!
Besides Malaria is totally curable........... :)
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