Tips to Stay Grounded
The mind can be a scary place if you haven't learned tools yet to stay grounded when life gets busy. Or if you've experienced something traumatic that you haven't been able to shake. Sometimes the mind runs circles of worry and doubt, or plays re-runs of our trauma and worst moments making it hard to sleep and seek out distractions.
So what do you do?
Read morereminiscing. missing.
I missed my grandfather today. I wished he could've been here in Barcelona with me. To show me the places he knew. That were his.
I've always felt that Barcelona was mine. Not mine in a possessive sense. In the way that a certain style is yours, or a habit. Barcelona was mine.
But today I had that sense that he was missing. This city where he had grown up. Where he had lived. That was his. Here I was just reminiscing about every day I'd spent here, without him. Without him as a guide or a mentor. And now he was missing.
La Rambla de Catalunya, Barcelona