They say, when the journey has come to an end you come back to your old world but with new eyes…
These are my insights of the last months travelling that changed my way to see things.
It is how it is.
This little sentence helped me in so many situations in all countries I visited throughout my whole journey. It stopped me to complain, calmed me down, made me accept the circumstances and helped me to focus on what I can do now.
Expect nothing and be grateful for everything.
We have so many expectations of how something should be like. We draw pictures in our minds and totally forget, it is only our picture. So often I found, things were different to what I thought they would be. And so often I was surprised that ‘different’ can also mean ‘good’ once you free yourself from your imagination and just get involved.
It doesn’t need much to be happy.
I have seen little children singing, dancing and laughing in torn clothing, living in a very simple form of hut, where they surely didn’t have water and probably froze at night. If they can be happy, we can be happy as well. I also asked many people I met along my journey, what happiness means to them – community, sharing, caring for and helping each other were the most important factors for them.
We are all one.
Everyone does one’s best to live a good life. No one is better or worse. Be open and don’t judge others.
Sometimes the best is to sit and take a break.
There are too many things to do – you can’t make it all. Pause. Decide what is really important to you. Then do what you do with full focus and joy.
Life is colorful.
With colors everything is more vivid, easier and just more beautiful
And… whatever you do, do it out of love.
Fear is a bad advisor.
PS: No, I haven’t found out how many miles a rucksack carries – and it is actually easier to write this than to apply everything. But that’s not bad for the beginning.
My journey just continues… 🙂