Fantastic post by Palumbo. Thanks for sharing esn. Personally, I've dreamed of visiting remote places like Tibet, Bhutan and Manchu Pichu, because I visualize and sense incredible peacefulness in these historic cultures. I don't feel happiness is found among them per se. However, I sense separating oneself from the familiar is increasingly necessary to learn to truly listen to ourselves. People may take meditation, yoga or engage in activities meant to enable them to step back from what other people impose as ideas of happiness. Yet, fewer people actually manage the mental and psychological separation. Why might this be?
Well, as Palumbo's article highlights how easy it is to be temporarily transplanted in a foreign place without a deeper sense of connection or meaning. The peopl described feel restless for the reality they think they know somewhere else, but ironically, seem unable to value where they are.
Ironically perhaps, many people express desire for a new life when they don't really know what to do with the one they have.
