Note I wrote many years ago and had all but forgotten, I felt maybe of use to some.

Many people go travelling to find themselves, but it never quite works like that.

Travelling was never about what I found. In Japan I lost my arrogance, seeing me through other eyes.

In China I lost my delusional views, seeing the reality of life around me.

In Thailand I lost my repression, meditating with loving strangers

In Cambodia I lost my indifference, limbless mine victims mocked while busking,

In the end I lost my wealth, illusion of safety

Home, I lost my will to conform

Like clearing a messy room, and finding a different carpet than you expected.

Only when the trash had gone could I be seen.