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How Not To Crash Land On Returning From The Mountain Top
Adjusting to real life after a vacation.
Italy was a life long dream. While tourism made some parts of the trip challenging, the country still lived up to my imagination. It even came close to living up to the many movies set in the Tuscan vineyards and the narrow, medieval streets of the cities. I had such positive experiences as a solo traveler, that I plan to go back in the Spring.
Which made coming back home difficult.
We’ve all been there. Mountain top experiences that make your real world seem almost wrong and even unfamiliar. Maybe yours, like mine, are from trips to dreamed of places. Or, also like me, you have had transformational experiences at seminars, conferences, vision quests, or spiritual and religious retreats. Those returns are particularly difficult, because the experiences are shared with other people, many of whom you will never see again. And people mired in unhappiness at home are often not open to hearing about your experiences. In fact, the term mountain top experience is often used disparagingly by those who don’t welcome change in their own lives.
How do we ease back into our subjective reality after mind-blowing, transforming, or even just pleasurable trips to the mountain top? I know John Gorman has dealt with this…
