It was my second big travel on my own (after the trip to Japan several years ago) and my first unplanned travel: when arriving to Sri Lanka I knew my return date and that I was going to spend the first three nights in Colombo in a guesthouse that I found on Airbnb and… that’s it. No further plans atthat point and this with a specific purpose: listening to my intuition. I wanted that my intuition would guide me through this travel. I wanted to hear the inner voice telling me what I really want or don’t want to do, a voice that often was shut up during the last years by all the “should”, “must”, “need to”, “I’m expected to”, etc.
I haven’t always succeeded to listen to that inner voice but when I did, the most wonderful things were happening: I have met the most amazing people, who helped me to realize certain things, and experienced local wonders. When I have missed or ignored that voice, the opposite was happening: a feeling of missing something, unclear discomfort, food poisoining (a mild one, and luckily that is the end of the issues, with no major problems that I had to face)
Now I am back at home and memories are starting to slowly fade. One thing I don’t want to forget is people whom I’ve met and what they have taught me: besides practical information how to get around, their stories were stories of courage to live the lifes their chose regardless of money, comfort, fears (and the counter-examples of those who clearly didn’t like what they did or focused only or mainly on money), true kindness coming straight from the heart, and that one is rarely alone, even when choosing not the most common paths. Those were co-travelers with similar stories, for example, quitting their jobs, trying to listen to their intuition or wanting to start a new chapter in their life
There was also an exchange: I could see that sometimes a piece of information I was sharing with others was the one they were looking for, but here I have only limited visibility and I don’t know what I was bringing into life of others
I have also understood while listening to my intuition, that things happen for a reason. They are not always pleasant. In the hindsight, there has been always a lesson or something useful in them. That helps to me to accept more what is happening to me and trying to control less to achieve a specific outcome that I want or expect. It is not easy and I still have a long way to go
I am very grateful for these learnings and I hope to be able to keep listening to my intuition voice which helped me to go where I truly want. I also want to work on hearing it better. I intend to dedicate next stage of my travels exactly to that and I call this part “making space” – more about that in my next blog post
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