A dear friend of mine is traveling overseas today, and she’ll be abroad for a month. She’s revisiting a country where she spent her young adult years, and this is a joyful return.
Have you ever lived somewhere, visited somewhere, or returned repeatedly to a place where life feels simpler? Not simpler in a basic way, but simpler in a deeper way beause you feel more grounded?
My friend resonates with that. I have places that feel like this, too — including somewhere I visited last month. “In this place, I feel even more connected to myself,” I shared with her.
I think some places hold memories, loved ones, or parts of ourselves that we need. Sometimes they hold pieces that we need to reclaim.
Do you have a place like that? Can you make a plan to visit soon?
—Renee Roederer
Smuggling Grace 