You travel certainly, in every sense of the word. But you take with you everything that you have been, just as the landscape stores up its own past. Because you were once at home somewhere, you are never an alien anywhere.
In John O'Donohue's "Eternal Echoes: Celtic Reflections on Our Yearning to Belong," the author reflects on the profound connection between travel and personal history. He emphasizes that wherever one travels, they carry their past experiences and identity. The landscape, much like a person's journey, retains memories and stories that shape one's being.
This idea suggests that home is not a fixed place but a culmination of one’s experiences. Knowing that we have roots allows us to feel at ease in new environments, making us recognize our interconnectedness with the world. Hence, we belong wherever we go, informed by the traces of our shared humanity.