Grappling with homesickness from "summary" of 360 Degrees Longitude by John Higham
The unsettling feeling of homesickness is like a heavy weight that settles in your chest, making it hard to breathe. It's a nagging sense of longing for the familiar sights, sounds, and smells of home. When you're thousands of miles away from everything you know, it's easy to feel adrift, lost in a sea of unfamiliar faces and places. Every new city we arrived in seemed to exacerbate the feeling of homesickness. The foreign languages, the strange customs, the exotic foods - it all served as a stark reminder of just how far we were from home. In those moments, it was hard to resist the pull to retreat into the comfort of what we knew, to seek solace in the familiar. But we knew that giving in to homesickness would only limit our experiences. We had set out on this journey to explore the world, to push ourselves out of our comfort zones, and to see things we had only ever dreamed of. So, we forced ourselves to confront our feelings of homesickness head-on, to grapple with them in order to move forward. Over time, we found that homesickness wasn't something to be conquered, but rather something to be understood. It was a natural reaction to being far from the people and places that had shaped us, a reminder of the deep connections we had to our roots. By acknowledging our homesickness and allowing ourselves to feel it, we were able to appreciate the depth of our attachment to home. In the end, grappling with homesickness became a lesson in resilience and adaptability. It taught us that we were capable of thriving in unfamiliar environments, of forging new connections, and of finding a sense of home wherever we went. And as we continued on our journey, we carried with us the knowledge that home wasn't just a place, but a feeling that could be found within ourselves, no matter where we were in the world.
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