Coming back from a week in the remote Mongolian countryside with the Nomadic people my translator asked me with interest
'Do you think your journey has changed you?'
An interesting question.
I have travelled thousands of miles to get here, the furthest point east on my journey, a third of the way around the world, and if thoughts were also measured by miles then I have travelled a million more.
I thought about the question and felt my answer
'No'
No, I haven't changed. I like who I am and I don't want to change that. The journey has given me a bigger audience on myself; I can look in on myself from many different angles and through different eyes and different cultures. I have seen that people are fundamentally the same the world over, changed only by circumstance and experience. The journey hasn't changed me but it has opened my eyes to who I am. Underneath everything I have done, everything I have experienced, everything I have felt, everything I have seen, I am still Anna. I haven't changed, but I am much more comfortable with myself...which will probably come as a relief to those family and friends burdened with the task of loving me.
About time too, Anna. About time too.
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