Clichés

Cliché - Here's a word that I believe is very often misjudged. 

What's so bad about clichés? Why does everyone make them sound so negative, like they're a bad thing? 

Well, I like clichés. And I do want to include them in my adventures.... it doesn't mean I never get off the beaten track...

Typically Greek - Santorini, Greece

But why wouldn't anyone want to:

Eat gelato in Italy
Go rafting in the Grand Canyon
Go bungee jumping in New-Zealand
Go for an African Safari
Try surfing in Australia
Spend Oktoberfest in Munich
Attend a Luau in Hawaii
Attend a yoga class in Bali
Ride an elephant in Thailand
Ride a camel in Egypt
Listen to La vie en rose in a Paris café
Share a gondola in Venice
Have tequila shots in Mexico
Order Cosmos is New York City
Have sushi in Japan
Learn to tango in Spain (or Argentina) ?

If that's what clichés are about, all I have to say is: Bring it on!

Biggest Challenge

Deep Blue - Santorini, Greece

I take a deep breath. I've worked hard for this, for over 10 years actually. And it's still a burden now. Nowhere near as hard as it used to be, but still it would be too easy to fall back to what it was before, to what I used to be. It's all about never stopping, always pushing my limits. 

So I take a deep breath. Close my eyes for half a second and make it up the stairs, into the semi crowded room. Ready to be looked at, to be questioned, to be judged. Ready to face the unknown. Ready to defend my presence, my purpose there and in life.

Some times are harder than others and it takes longer to settle into a new comfort zone. In those times I do think about giving up. I wonder why I'm doing this to myself. Why I keep fighting for something that so clearly doesn't come easily to me. I consider hiding back in what I used to be. A shadow?

But soon enough, after I've pushed through the wall, it all becomes worth it. I remind myself that I can chose who and what I want to be. And I smile to myself... thinking of how far I've come.

Did they tell you so?

Funny how you can get your head around an idea, a hope, that seems uplausible for everybody else but you. No matter how much you want to believe that you're right and they're wrong, you end up giving up.

That's until things turn out differently and you realize you would have been right all along.

You shouldn't have to change your mind if you don't want to.

Don't let others bring down your hopes and dreams, no matter how small they are. 

Just believe whatever you like!

Hidden Rainbow - Quebec, Canada