Thomas Brag Instagram – As life slows down and most of the trips and stories I wanted to go after this year are done, I finally have some time to let these experiences sink in. Through that, I sense an air of confusion within me. Coming home, I almost feel like a stranger in my own life.
So many of the experiences I had this year challenged me in countless ways. From my understanding of true struggle and pain around the world, to my perception of my own physical limits, or exploring countries and cultures few ever think about or deem too danger to venture to. I’m eventually faced with the reality that I don’t feel like the same person anymore.
I guess some of you reading might relate to the feeling of silence after a highly eventful, maybe turbulent time in your life. The dooming fear of the quiet when we finally have the time to listen to our own thoughts.
In that moment I think we can either chose to distract ourselves and run away from the silence, or embrace it, explore it, sit with it. At the moment, I’m trying to chose the ladder, although it can be difficult. Trying to digest some of the events that happened and ultimately realizing that the people and places I encountered have forever become part of who I am.
Thank you for being a part of this journey alongside me. Grateful for the hard times and the good ones! Can’t have one without the other.
📸 by @jguzmannn | Posted on 19/Nov/2022 00:48:46
