Hello there and welcome to this talk.
This is a little talk regarding the feeling of returning from a trip that you had to interrupt.
I'm especially thinking of many of the travelers that were interrupted in their trip over the last few weeks regarding the whole situation and who were left feeling that they hadn't finished something,
That they hadn't accomplished something that they had planned doing for so long.
So my heart goes out to all of you who are currently facing this.
I myself have traveled for long parts at a time and I know what it feels like to interrupt the trip and to suddenly return.
I have also returned to my home country after having lived abroad for over 10 years recently so this is something I've been dealing with over the last few months.
So I hope the following thoughts can help you at this time.
So I can imagine that a lot of you must be feeling a lot of frustration and anger right now.
With these feelings many of us tend to find a way out in suppressing them by overeating,
Binge watching TV,
Whatever you have to do to keep your mind off things.
And while I've also fallen victim to this and it is something I have to think of daily,
I also have learned to hold in for a second and ask myself what is really the problem right now?
Why am I mindlessly eating or mindlessly watching TV?
What is the underlying issue here?
Sometimes it's enough to just hold in for 5 seconds before you reach for the snack or before you click on another YouTube video.
And in those 5 seconds just think what is really going on right now.
Be honest with yourself.
If there is some feeling that you've noticed another good way is to then sit with that feeling for a while.
Get curious about it.
Yes there may be negative feelings but often we tend to go down a rabbit hole and just continue going along this negative way and becoming even more negative.
Curiosity can really help against that by looking at your emotion as something that can be explored,
Something you can learn from.
You can look at the emotion from outside.
You can feel into it.
Really see where it manifests in your body.
And once you've felt that just sit there a bit.
Don't judge it.
Just let it be there.
And it might alleviate after a while.
I also encourage you to let your emotions out if that means that you have to cry while sitting there.
That is totally fine.
Crying is one of the most healing things that you can do to alleviate stress,
Frustration,
Anger.
Be mindful about the crying.
Be grateful for the crying.
Welcome it.
And among all these negative feelings try and look at your heart space.
Try and feel your heart.
Try and remember that feeling of love that you have felt.
Not only in romantic love but maybe the excitement you felt when you were at your destination of a trip.
The love for being able to reach countries far away.
The love for the free time that you have and had.
The love for the person that you were with.
The love for life.
And even if you're not there right now you can create that feeling within yourself.
Feel that joy and that excitement.
And allow it.
You can feel joyful whilst crying at the same time.
That is okay.
You can feel negative emotions and positive emotions at the same time.
That is totally fine.
Allow all the emotions and let them help you.
Let them guide you.
Let them teach you.
Let them be you.
I wish you all the best.
Stay safe and healthy.
Namaste.
