“I was looking for ‘somewhere else,’ but I found a view that only exists here.”

There are days when I want to go far away.

To throw everything away,

and escape to a place completely different from where I am now.

An unknown land, unknown people,

in a space where no one knows me,

I want to breathe again from zero.

Thinking, ‘Somewhere other than here,'

‘there must be a place where I can be myself.’

But the sky I looked up at when I stopped, tired from walking,

was unexpectedly beautiful.

The cafe I entered while thinking, ‘Why now of all times...’

turned out to be a place where I could relax.

I wanted to see someone and tried to reach out,

and the path I ended up walking,

gave me a moment where I could like myself just a little bit more.

I had only been looking for ‘somewhere else,’ but,

I had just been overlooking it.

That ‘here,’ too, had its own kindness all along.

Perhaps travel isn't about going far away, but about ‘rediscovering.’

The ‘first time’ found within a familiar landscape.

The ‘overlooked light’ on the road I’ve traveled so many times.

The ‘true feelings of mine’ hidden in an unchanging daily life.

A journey to gather those up,

is something I can now believe was necessary for my life.

☀️ Daytime Travel Prescription

Even if you don’t go far, changing your perspective makes it a ‘new view.’

Sometimes, forgotten emotions are sleeping in familiar places.

Travel through today at ‘your own pace,’ without comparing yourself to others.

A walk without a destination gives your heart some breathing room.

I want to be someone who can truly notice the ‘breeze that can only be felt here.’

“Even if I stay here, the scenery truly changes.”

There were days I wanted to run away.

There were days I wished to change.

But today, just by shifting my perspective ever so slightly,

there was a moment where I thought, ‘being here was the right choice.’

Those small moments are surely what quietly move life forward.