What was that again what my time in Calgary tried to teach me? Not insisting on my plans but go with the flow. Seems to be a pretty difficult lesson. When it comes
to this topic I always have to think of the quote: “If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.”
But why am I writing about this topic? Well, my plans were to fly to Costa Rica in December and stay there for some time. As a volunteer, working with horses. I was
really into planing the last days and because Marie, one of my best friends, wanted to visit me over Christmas and New Year’s Eve we were about to book our flights tomorrow.
But than, this morning I got a message that the woman I wanted to stay with can not host me because of personelle reasons. That means, I won’t go to Costa Rica. Wich
is super sad because I was very looking forward to that place and the country. But it also means that my plans are destroyed. Once more.
And now I have to make new plans and hope they will work out.
As I’m looking for “horse trainers” in Canada now that work with methods I like I recognize how many there are! All around the world. Before I started my journey I
thought I would have to go very far to find people that treat horses the way I am looking for. But now that I’m here, out in the world, they seem to appear everywhere. Unfortunately that doesn’t
mean I have millions of options of where to go next because many of them cannot host me...
There are times where I question my idea of traveling. Why do I do this? What am I doing it for? Is this really what I want? Will it lead me to where I want to be?
Where do I want to be and what do I want to achieve? But that are times when all I get are negative responses from horse trainers I asked if I could stay with them. But when I find out about
these people in the first place and see what amazing approaches they have, what amazing work they do for the horses and the horse world, it gives me all the answers and takes away the doubts.
Then I remember that this is what I need to do and it is what I’m supposed to do.
Planing is difficult. It takes a lot of work and even more energy. I guess it is the worst part of my travels. In the very beginning of my journey planings I thought
I would plan my whole year in advance. Know every host, have a timeline, book all the flights in advance. That would give me security. And it’s true, I would be less worried about the future. But
it’s nice, too, to go with the flow. See where life leads me. Change my mind while I go. It gives me a lot more freedom to plan only one or two months ahead. I don’t know what I will want in 6
month so why arranging a stay for that time? And to come back to my first point: life’s lesson seems to be exactly that: let go of your plans and go with the flow.
So yes, it is hard at times, but I learn to deal with it and learn to grow on every obstacle that appears on my way.
~ Trust in your Journey. Life will lead you. ~
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