THE POSITIVITY MINDSET

Every hello ends with a goodbye eventually; whether it be a loved one or a friend, eventually things come up and you just drift apart in a blink of an eye. Have had this happen to me again and again by people who I thought were going to stick around, but eventually left. I've constantly built, torn down, and rebuilt my walls up higher and higher to protect myself from getting hurt. I've become a very guarded person and it now takes me longer to trust people because of what has happened to me in the past. I try to be a positive person, and always try to take something positive out of any situation, but sometimes life just takes you by surprise and throws you a curveball. I build up these high walls to protect myself from the hurt I know is coming in the end. But then there will be just one person that breaks through the tough walls of my heart and for a short time I let it happen, let that person in, trust them 100%, give them everything and more, and become so vulnerable and ...

When I say I want to travel, I don't mean I want to stay at resorts and go on tours with tour guides or buy key chains from souvenir shops. I don't want to be a tourist. When I say I want to travel, I mean I want to explore another country and become a part of it. I want to discover small coffee shops in Germany, Italy and France. I want to walk on beaches in Australia and browse the book stores of England. I want to hike the Great Wall of China and go cliff diving in Hawaii. I want to meet people who aren't like me but people who I can like all the same. I want to take pictures of things and places and people I meet. I want my mind to be in constant awe of life on Earth. I want to see things with new eyes. I want to look at a map and be able to remember how I was transformed by the places I've been to, the things I've seen, and the people I've met. I want to come home and realize that I have not come home whole, but left pieces of my heart in each place I h...