Where the Healing Begins

You won’t find it on the itinerary.
Not in the flight confirmation,
the guidebook,
or the perfect photo.

Healing doesn’t wait for your schedule
it starts the moment
you stop trying to control the journey
and just let it change you.

Don’t pack
expectations.

Let silence
be your playlist.

Take photos
with your mind too.

Feel
everything.

Let the sun remind you
how to rise again.
Let the wind show you
how to let go.

Cry at the airport.
Laugh in the street.
Sleep on the train.
Wake up in a new country
and a softer version of yourself.

You don’t need a perfect plan.
You just need to go.

Because healing doesn’t always happen
where you broke.

Sometimes, it finds you
where you least expect.

“Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights;
it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent,
in the ideas of living.” — Miriam Beard