A journey in the mirror
Guess what, I am talking to you because I care about you. I care about the people that surround me because they have made me to who I am. In one way or another they are part of me. When I look into the mirror it is not just me that I see, it are also other people who are hidden in my head. Those who hurt me, those who used me, those who supported me, those who walk next to me, those that make me smile and those that I care about like crazy. All are with me wherever I go. This may be good or bad, but it is true. Everybody you meet is special and will influence your life in one way or another. Maybe they will enter nearly unnoticed and never leave, maybe they will throw you totally of track or maybe they will just enter shortly till roads split up again. Anyhow, they become part of you. They are part of you. Part of the image you see when you look in your mirror.
This is exactly what I want to achieve with travelling. I want to see more people when I look into the mirror, more cultures, more stories, and more different backgrounds coming together. I want to be a small part of other people’s life. I want to learn by going outside instead of sitting behind my desk. For many years I have shown that I am able to study and write down again what I learned during my exams, but I don’t believe this is the challenge in life. I think in essence it did not make me any smarter. I learned a lot, yes, but I also forgot much more. For some time I forgot to enjoy life and smile, I forgot to look further than my studying life, I forgot about what really matters. Of course, having studied will help me later in life and hopefully will offer me wonderful opportunities to help others, but the system should change in one way or another. People are people with their strengths and shortfalls, their emotions and experiences and their fears and dreams hidden within. As attention is being paid to developing the intellect and the mind, an equal amount of attention should be paid to coping with doubts and feelings every single person goes through during life. For example nearly everybody has Facebook now and on Facebook everybody has the craziest, happiest life. If you should believe what you see and compare yourself with it, you will feel bad, of course you will, because you only see part of the story. Just look at your own Facebook, isn’t it also covered with smiling pictures? As such being happy becomes relative, it becomes a decision you have to make. When are you happy? What is happy? You decide! Decide what being happy is for you and make it happen, but don’t look at what the world is showing you on what happiness should be.
I decided I am fairly happy. I have everything I need to be happy. I have wonderful friends, a caring family, a job (several jobs) and nearly my master’s degree. On top off all this I have a lovely boyfriend who is wild enough to join me in my plans and dreams and smart enough to stop me from doing foolish things. Of course I worry, I worry like crazy about probably everything in my life, but then I sit down to write or go outside for a run till my brain decides to calm down a bit. Talking about happiness I would like to share with you our first product that is being produced to sponsor our journey. I don’t know where the link is with happiness, but anyhow, seeing it makes me happy.
It is a USB stick of 8GB, but in essence it is more than that. It carries our logo and our dream. It is a unique piece. It is something everyone can use and as such silently carry us along during their future life. Your future life! Because we care about the world and the environment it is produced from FSC-certified wood and it is CO2-neutral.
Interested?
Just let us know and we will be put one (or several) aside awaiting you!
