I love this. <3 (what a surprise)
“It’s never gone, because that is me. I will carry these experiences forever, if I want to or not. These places exist with me and without, I can always go back there, they won’t disappear.”
This, in particular, speaks to me a great deal. Never gone. I like that.
I had all this freedom before my wheels and yet I kept part of my mind in a self build cage.
That's been on my mind, as well. Then, I try to figure out how I'm caging myself today, because surely, looking back in 2025, I'll say "oh but things were so good, why was I worried over X trivial thing or Y trivial person?". :) I don't think it ever ends though, I think retrospect will always do that to a person.
Maybe I had spend so much time and focus on you, that I forgot it is only myself I have to carry through this whole life. I cycled all the way to Istanbul and that made me realise that there is nothing in my life I couldn’t go through, not with you, with myself.
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Indeed! But then I also can't help but feel it does get "better" over the years. The more you ask these questions, the more you notice that your perspective will probably change with time and so on.
And I love how we seem to just meet at where we are at so frequently:) Thanks for your sharing!❤️