Monday, September 8, 2025

Yi 30: how is it that i am happier and healthier alone

 


Hilary Barrett:

"The traveler is on a journey of his own, just passing through this place and staying for a while. To be the traveler means you are not at home here – you know you don't belong. Also, you have a strong personal direction: wherever you find yourself for now, you know it does not define you.

Since you are only passing through, your creative involvement is limited. You can have the small success of being well received if you fit in responsively, rather than dancing your own dance regardless of where you are. You cannot expect to change your surroundings – and nor should your surroundings change you: it is good to be constant to your own way as you travel. As Hai discovered, this can be a difficult balance to keep: to be true to yourself, and still fit in to a place that is not your own.

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Other titles: The Wanderer, The Symbol of the Traveler, The Exile, Sojourning, To Travel, Traveling, The Stranger, The Traveling Stranger, The Outsider, The Alien, The Gnostic, Wandering, Uncommitted, On Your Own