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It is 10
o’clock p.m. and suddenly, we feel like writing a couple of lines,
inspired by our readings of the travel guide Globe-trotter written by
Pierre Antoine Muraccioli, a solitary navigator who passed an important
part of his life travelling from one ocean to an other. We are at a few
weeks from our departure and we still don’t realize what’s coming up.
What can
possibly push two individuals to leave everything behind: material
goods, work, family, and friends? What are we looking for? With these
few words written, a long reflection is already taking place in our
minds. Here’s the answer! We are looking for time: time to think, time
to observe, and time to fully live our lives. And how much time do we
have in front of us until this adventure ends? Who knows! A year, two
years, maybe 5! Nothing is traced in front of us, not even our
itinerary. Of course, we planned our first months, but it’s still pretty
vague.
Now you
must wonder the reason of this imprecision? The reason why we didn’t fix
ourselves rules that are normally essential to orient ones’ life? To
this question, we answer by another question: why wanting to control
everything? We merely have faith in life. We believe that it brings us
all the best depending on our decisions. It’s obvious that we have no
control on arising events, nonetheless we can chose the perception we
have of these events and the way we want to react to them.
This
trip will make us live plenty of different situations that we are
entirely prepared to live. Intense moments of astonishment, of joy, but
also of solitude, of anger, of incomprehension, and of concern will
characterize our adventure. Of course, these emotions come and go faster
abroad than in the comfort of our homes, intensifying every moment. This
obliges us to fortify our character and become more humble.
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