For travel
addicts like me, we are often met with people who cannot understand our need to
travel. Especially so in my hometown – Singapore, people are living in a fast
paced life based on pragmatism. However, like an ecstasy, words cannot explain the
lust to travel quite enough.
1.
Invite them
The simplest
way I found out to break new travelling news to my parents was to simply invite
them. However, be very careful to tell them what you are expecting to accomplish
during the trip and make sure they understand what they signed up for. Emphasize
on mountain climbing, skiing, diving, anything you might find overwhelming for
them.
2.
We don’t live forever.
Our
lives are only as long as it lasted. Be brave. Make peace with them regarding your
travelling, meaning you have to be responsible with your own travelling expenses
including living expenses, and make it a point to tell them.
3.
I will not travel forever.
Make
plans to always come home after every trip. They miss you more than you can
imagine, especially your love ones. Telling them that you are not going to
travel forever helps to reassure them any insecurity they have.
4.
Tell them you will still love them, or even
more, even as you travel.
Make
simple gestures to tell your loved ones that you have not left them behind in
your old lives. One reason why I think parents fear their child travelling more
than they should is because they fear they might not be a part of your exciting
and adventurous future. Write postcards. Send pictures. Send your love.
5.
Share with them the attractiveness of your
destinations.
Loved
ones will share the joy and excitement you truly enjoy in these simple
pleasures. My mother was a very conservative woman. When I shared with her how I
went skydiving, how we went road trips into roads uncharted on maps, and that I
am going to swim with whale sharks, her eyes widen with horror turned joy as
mine did with nothing but pure happiness.
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