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Copyright 2006 Cole's Poetic License
What Does the Subconscious Mind Have to do with Traveling?
Much more than you think!
Of all the travel tips I have heard and read, not one focused onthe traveler's subconscious mind.
If you think it's hard to get along well with someone close toyou, try traveling with him or her. It can be miserable.
Here are four tips on how to deal with travel anxiety, a great,often subconscious, source of stress for all around.
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If it's your anxieties, your traveling companion may be aware ofit before you are. But once you are, talk about it, or better,write down everything you are worried about in great detail, andfast. Then read it, crumple it and toss it in the trash.
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If it's your companion's, ask about it gently. If you get anasty response, ignore it. The response has nothing to do withyou. Move away from your companion and/or persuade him to writefast then toss.
For example, once I traveled to Europe with two women friends. Ithought I knew them well. One brought so much luggage that Ifelt impending disaster en route to the airport. The otherbrought neatly packed small carry-ons because she is highlyorganized and likes to travel light. I tend to move too fast andaccidentally packed a suitcase with rejected novel manuscriptsthat I tossed in a bin in Paris.
Had we discussed our travel anxieties beforehand, we would haveavoided subsequent hurtful battles en route. For example, mysubconscious response to the unknown is to fly by the seat of mypants and hope everything works out. I am careful and thoroughonly when calm. Obviously, I didn't pay much attention to what Ipacked.
The friend with too much luggage had a lot of fear abouttraveling away from home. Every time she left she was sure sheleft her coffee pot plugged in and her house would burn down.
The organized one feared most the intimacy that travelingforces. She packed herself in tight and parceled it out in tinybits.
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Look for the humor in the situation. Have you ever traveled withsomeone whose behavior is so bad he finally "goes over the edge"for you? When that happens you have to laugh and you actuallylike him.
It's happened to me twice, but I'll just do one:
I was taveling unaccompanied on a Greek ship cruising theMediterranean. There were five distinct nationalities on board,five languages for each announcement. Only a handful ofAmericans. One was an appliance dealer from Manhatten. He was soloud and demanding I felt embarrased by him. He was thequintessential Ugly American. At every port he rushed off theship and bought as many bargains as he had time to find. Atdinner he showed off all he had bought, and he named the priceshe'd paid-in US dollars.
When the ship stopped at Patmos for a quick trip up the mountainto a cave where it was believed John wrote the Apocalyse, ourappliance dealer asked, "What's there to buy in Patmos?"
The purser replied, "No shops here."
Our American shouted, "Well, what the hell are we stopping for?"
I was right behind him. At that point he went "over the edge"for me and I have liked him ever since for the laugh he gave me.
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Expect surprises when you travel, laugh at them and then you cansee the beauty.
If you recognize the power of subconscious fears to ruin a greatvacation, they won't. If you don't, believe me, they will.
About the author:
Evelyn Cole, MA, MFA, The Whole-mind Writer Cole's chief aim inlife is to convince everyone to understand the power of thesubconscious mind and synchronize it with goals of the consciousmind. Along with "Mind Nudges" and "Brainsweep", she haspublished three novels and several poems that dramatizesubconscious power. http://www.write-for-wealth.com
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