after weeks of dodging questions from family and friends as to my exact whereabouts, i have arrived back home in canada to surprise the family for christmas.
when i first mentioned the idea to surprise the family for christmas to my fellow travellers, the look of excitement in their eyes was encouraging and supporting. i could sense something within them which appeared as if they wished they could be doing the same.
i had felt many things drawing me back home though. of course, i have missed my family and friends immensely, but it also seemed that with every little adventure i was experiencing down in chile, i’d gain a little source of inspiration to start fresh back in canada. all this inspiration that was building within me soon became overwhelming and led me on the series of buses and planes which brought me back here.
of course, it was very hard to leave chile, as i completely fell in love with that country. released is that aimless vagabond lifestyle, free of responsibility and all these new surroundings, friends and perspectives, from this point on, i had to accept as memories.
but then again, it wasn’t hard to recognize that this was my time to come home. after all, it was a wave of inspiration that threw me to the other side of the world in the first place, and choosing to surf that wave brought so many great elements into my life that i couldn’t have ever imagined.
trusting that same initial instinct, i found it comforting and exciting to make the decision to come home, as if i’m simply continuing my adventure.
