#journeying

Traveling further ingrained my desire to connect to a place other than an island that is slightly older, in a New World way, than the United States, especially after I found characteristics of my face in the faces of the people in my global community. ↗

— Raquel Cepeda

#journeying #love-of-travel #new-world #spiritual-journey #traveling

More than anything, this place feels familiar. I bury my hands in the hot sand and think about the embodiment of memory or, more specifically, our natural ability to carry the past in our bodies and minds. Individually, every grain of sand brushing against my hands represents a story, an experience, and a block for me to build upon for the next generation. I quietly thank this ancestor of mine for surviving the trip so that I could one day return. ↗

— Raquel Cepeda

#ancestral-continuum #ancestral-dna #ancestral-memory #journeying #life-journey

To me, travel is more valuable than any stupid piece of bling money can buy. ↗

— Raquel Cepeda

#journey #journeying #travel #traveling-abroad #value-in-traveling

Our identities are as fluid as our personal experiences are diverse. ↗

— Raquel Cepeda

#human-experience #identity #journey-in-life #journeying #race