Telling the world.. 3

For weeks, it was only Ma and Diann who knew and I didn't want to broadcast it because I wasn't sure if April would be achievable. I didn't know how the weeks would plan out and how I'd be feeling. The only time I'd talk about Oz, was during the sessions. It was almost like a big secret that just kept on brewing and evolving, up until now.. Because it's gotten to a point now, that I can't NOT keep it to myself. I have to put it out in the world, for it to happen.

But I was also almost scared that saying it would make me feel stressed-out and awful. Maybe I might not be able to deal with the thoughts of traveling again. I thought it might make me regret deciding to go back and I was almost scared of what others would think of me. But the longer the idea sat with me and more everything fell into place, the surer I became that this is the right for me and the less I cared what others might think.. Especially those with the mentality of "traveling is wasting time.. traveling isn't real life.. traveling is just running away from problems.. traveling isn't going to get you a career.. traveling is just for "lazy-bums".. traveling won't build you pension.." on and on the list goes, of remarks and comments that once would have made me not travel. And people have said these things to me before and I've listened because I valued their opinions. But now, I really don't care what others might think of me, for doing this. Really I don't. I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing, I'm going to be traveling and I'm starting where I feel I left my heart and that's Australia.

So I won't be influenced by what other people see as being "the right way to live" or "real life". Everyone has a different definition as to how life "should" be. And my life isn't supposed to be how it was when I was living in Holland. For me, traveling isn't wasting time. It's making the most out of everything life has to offer. It's squeezing every last drop of vibrancy, excitement, love and bliss out every day and every opportunity. And who is to say that that's a waste of time?? To me, it's life, and it's the life I want.

I'm going back to Oz and I haven't got any certain plans as of yet. I'm not stressed and I know that once I'm there I'll continue to travel and I'll do all the things that I've been dreaming of.. it could be anything like camping out in the bush underneath the stars, singing songs around the campfire with a bottle of beer in my hand being surrounded by friends or finally holding a deadly dangerous spider to overcome my fear of the hairy things.. It could be jumping off the highest bungee jump (the nevus)in New Zealand (which is a place I will be going back to) or it could be doing a course in travel-writing and getting an article published in a travel magazine (and writing that, just gave me butterflies in my stomach..).. That's the life I want. Why should I settle for less, when I know I can do what I want and what I need right now..

What an amazing life this is once the eyes are opened and dreams don't have to stay just that. They can be real. All the people out there who are doing exactly what makes them feel fulfilled and makes them thrive each day..it didn't always get given to them on a plate..but because they knew what it was they were meant to do and they followed their hearts. I truly believe that thinking outside the box shows that dreams don't have to always remain dreams. And that reality is exactly what we can make happen and whenever we choose see the potential in situations, relationships and events, then miracles take place. These miracles, dreams and realities all become one and all because of the desire that drives us through life.
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