The words on the letter say, "Big Kisses."
Chelsea is back from Bangladesh, and if anything, she is deeper and more beautiful than ever. I am amazed by her depth, kindness, and generous spirit. I am grateful to be her Mother.
On her latest blog, Chelsea posted the following:
"This is why I love to travel.
Because it is humbling. Because it forces me to stop and think about why I do what I do. It changes my way of seeing things by offering new perspectives. It doesn’t necessarily change my values or what I believe in, but it helps me understand why others do things differently. While I travel, I become more aware of the influence of the culture and environment I grew up in. We are all shaped in some way by our experiences, by our surroundings, by paradigms we grew up with. Repeated over and over, they become so strong we think they are the unique truth worldwide.
Traveling challenges that, it challenges our “truth”
Sometimes you realize just how lucky you are for what you have and have access to. Simple things become amazing, and I find myself being grateful for aspects of my life I never paid attention to.
Other times you realize that things you thought were important, things you worried about, mean nothing, or are completely futile or extremely simple to address if you look at them in a different way.
What I mean is that if you are willing to be open-minded and embrace the difference, traveling can shift the way you see things. The things are still there, but maybe the lens is a different color or has a better focus, and everything seems more clear."
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