Go different and you live different


Maple Bay, Vancouver Island 

Today is another beautiful day in Canada. British Columbia is one of the warmest places in Canada and so it is Vancouver Island where I'm living now. In the last 5 weeks my life in Germany where I was working all the time, couldn't enjoy much of my spare time and felt totally stressed, changed to a life in Canada where I'm enjoying the nice people, the wonderful nature and have to work more relaxed. Everything is more relaxed than in busy Germany. I'm living in an old motorhome from 1979 like a gypsy and calming down more and more.

Bridge to Duncan Town

I had a lot of dreams which came true in the last weeks and all of this just because I choosed a different path.
I could still sit in Germany, counting the days to my next vacation but this wouldn't make me happy.
Some people call me brave but I didn't think so. It is more brave to choose always the same way if it makes you unhappy and you only do it because it is safe.

Beach at Salt Spring Island

What is really safe in life?
You can die tomorrow or just when you cross the street today. You never know. And what have you did in life until then? Working? Holidays?
Why do we still do what society is expecting from us? Go to school, learn a job, get married, buy a house, get children and working just for retirement. Why is it so crazy to do something else? You can always buy a house and you can get a child a pretty long time. Who is telling you when you are too old for doing things you like more?
There is much more to explore or to learn. You can follow your hobbies and has so much time for you alone. And there are people who never wants to settle so why is this not normal? Who is telling you what it is normal? You are choosing for you what you want to do in life. Only if you're happy it is the right way for you. Is it just comfortable and you are afraid to risk something you are totally on the wrong way.

Duncan town center 

We are afraid to be alone one time, but the most important person in life is you. And if you're just afraid of being alone with yourself sounds to me really sad.
Of course it is nice to have people around you and to love people or being loved. But if you can't love yourself enough to stay alone with you, well you're feeling lonely then, is stopping you to do what you love.
And if you really believe you would do everything if you want to, just think a bit about it why you don't do it though.
There is more than just your comfort zone. There is a big world outside where people are thinking in different ways which showing you you haven't live the life which society expect and which we start to believe that this is the only way.

Duncan: The city of totems

Well it is Canada, not India, Africa, parts of Asia or what ever, but the people are living different to. There is a similar society like in Germany, but there are so many people which living a different way of life. For example if you want to start a new job you can always do. There is no age limit. And if you're thinking if you want to be a mechanic when you are 56 or so, just go for it. The people are happy that you want to work.
And if you are living in a camper and travelling with your work, just go for it. You don't have to stay your whole life in one place.

Follow your path, no others

Yes, of course you have a family, but family is always in your heart exactly like friends. In our century it is so easy to keep in touch with everybody and if you really need to see somebody, it is so easy to go there. And of course you will always made friends if you want to. Kinds of  a family, too.
The people are always saying they can't do some things just because of others but that's wrong. It is your life. It is your only life and it is short if you're doing it always the same.
But it can be so long if you just change it sometimes. You do it for you, not for others.

Think big and go different

And you can't tell everybody how sick is your life if you don't change something. How can something change if you don't go a different path? Life is always the same on the same path.
And if you just do small steps in a different direction that is good enough. But you will learn it is more easy if you try it a couple of times. It is like you're going with the flow. If you're not searching for someting, just dreaming it and go with the flow, life is full of magic and brings you to amazing places or people.

Elvis on the ship of our friend

For example I wanted to do something nice today, because weather was wonderful, but I had to do some stuff for my new job and then our neighbour asked us for coming with him to his boat and we said yes, why not. We didn't expected anything and found us later on a big ship from 1930. It was stunning. Totally amazing. Felt like being on a small Titanic (one of my favourite ships).
I had a wonderful day there and this morning I had never imagine what will happen this afternoon. And all these little situations makes my life so exciting for me now.

Ship from 1930

So why is it so hard for us to choose a different way? Maybe because we never learned how easy it is out of our comfort zone. So we never try and will asking us our whole life why we didn't just do it.
And please don't say you hadn't the money. That is just an other excuse why we don't do things. We are expecting that something is expensive but we never tried to find other ways. It just depends on what you are expecting. A luxury life or just a life full of freedom. You can do it. And you can find work or money everywhere where you want to be.

Love watching the fire

Oh and I'm not talking just about travelling. Dreams can be so different. Maybe you just want to learn a new language and you always find an excuse why you couldn't start. Probably you had not enough time because of work, the children or you need to clean the house. 
Well, we're living around 80 years if we got luck and you never could find time for yourself? Maybe because you can't be alone?
Don't say I do it tomorrow, because you never will. Do it now. Say your friends, family or who ever, NOW it is time for me.

Maple Bay, Vancouver Island, Canada 

We have to learn to follow our hearts because if you really want something in life you can get it. Our thoughts are our life. If we're always believing everything is so hard, it will. But if we try to take life easy it can be so easy.
You're creating your enviroment, so don't expect something positive if your always being negative. Change your thinking and life will change, too.
Stop excusing, that will always stop you in any way.

We should all follow these words

And it is no failing if you change your goals. You don't have to have the same goal your whole life. We're always changing so why should our goals be the same all the time?
That's life and life could be full of adventures, so let it. You are brave enough if you can imagine it.


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