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The Space in Between: How I Found Inner Peace in the Desert

Emily Stroia
3 min readJun 17, 2019

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listening to nature’s call for healing and truth

Photo by Roberto Nickson on Unsplash

If you ever go to L.A. and ask anyone where to go for a weekend getaway many Angelenos will tell you to visit Joshua Tree.

Joshua Tree is a popular tourist destination especially for hikers.

It also has a funky charm to it and attracts a diverse group of people from retirees, working class, artists and families.

Each time I go to Joshua Tree I have a reoccurring thought.

There’s nothing special about the desert but yet it tugs on my heart strings.

I am a firm believer that nature calls to us for a particular reason that only we will know when we go.

After my first visit to Joshua Tree I fell in love.

It was the kind of love that you find when you aren’t looking.

I didn’t know why I needed to go to Joshua Tree.

I just knew I felt drawn to it.

I never imagined myself to be a desert person being a small-town girl I was always attracted to big cities.

However I think when you listen to nature calling you are answering a…

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Emily Stroia
Emily Stroia

Written by Emily Stroia

Associate Marriage and Family Therapist. I write about mental health, healing from trauma, and finding self again. Stay for a while. www.emilystroia.com

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