I left the noisy city by train. The known, monotonous, safe routine … in search for new experiences.
As the train moved forward, I left behind my old reality, and entered a sequence of beautiful images. Looking out the window, I passed by different landscapes and little towns. Some of them average looking, some of them splendid. Every landscape evoked a different emotion in me. I evaluated each landscape. I would look at an image and let it pass, eager to see the next one… Until I reached my destination. I knew I was there not because the train stopped, but because it was the most beautiful and magnificent scenery I had seen in my whole trip. The shapes, the colors, the aroma, the emotion. I just knew I had arrived!
I think life should be like a train. Leaving behind what is known and safe and be opened to new wonderful people and experiences. And evaluating each one of the alternatives and people that we are presented with. Because it is in taking risks, that we will find the experience or person that will make us complete. Otherwise we will be stuck in the past in the same monotonous reality, forever. Attached to old people and patterns, thinking we are happy, without ever realizing there are better things out there for us. Being blind to new opportunities.
It might be scary to open ourselves to the world of possibilities, but it is worth it at the end. It was for me.
Ciao Adriana!
Hai scritto un post che fa molto riflettere. Condivido ogni parola.
Ognuno di noi dovrebbe avere il "coraggio" di buttarsi perchè come hai detto tu, il fatto di abbandonare le certezze prendendosi dei rischi ci rende delle persone più complete.
Finchè non lasciamo il porto non potremo mai scoprire la parte migliore di noi...e del mondo :)
Spero di avere il coraggio di fare tutto ciò un giorno :)
Grazie per questa riflessione.
Alvise
Ciao Alvise!
Thank you for your interpretation and translation of my post. I think your Italian interpretation is better than mine ;)
I think you do not need any additional courage to “buttarsi”. You already have the courage and you are already living as an adventurer. You have the BEST years of your life ahead. Keep on living life to the maximum and sharing it here with us.
One of my main points in my post is that it is so important to leave the past behind (not get attached to old people or experiences). Because this way we will allow to meet new people or experiences. This has been my learning throughout life.
Grazie!
Adriana
Hi Adriana!
It's hard to find something wrong in your words. I agree. Really! But...
I agree that life is a wonderful journey and I also agree that we have to find the courage to rise our head and heart and so "buttarsi" to use the perfect word from Alvise.
But at the same time I can't be blind or just want to be blind and don't see that there are so much people that have passed their lives in some anonymous place in the world, in Nature. They didn't travel, they didn't see the world. Maybe they didn't take the train.
But when you meet and watch them, their glance, they way to live Nature you see that you are behind.
So I haven't found an answer yet. I agree we must go out from our comfort zone. Because...it's life or something that is valuable to call in that manner. I agree that a journey for our body is more easy a journey for our mind. It's not easy viceversa.
To do that we have to defeat our fears, mainly of what we don't know.
And I also agree, that the marvel for the beauty of this world, could be a great spark and also an answer.
But remembering what I have written about some kind of people, I think that our approach to life is also important. To much time we are used to speak. But maybe we should learn to hear and to see much more. Maybe in our journey is more important a step back and silence.
I hope I have been able to explain with my english.
Gaetano
Ciao Gaetano!
Thank you for taking the time to write in English!. You didn’t have to, I could have understood your Italian. Sei molto gentile!
The Train in my story is just a metaphor. It is not an actual trip around the world. It is an internal quest in which I leave behind my past (patterns,people) to be opened to new opportunities. It is a trip from the structured world to the natural one. And when I say natural one, it is not exactly Nature (outdoors), it is rather finding my natural essence and my new values.
I totally agree with you that we are too used to speak and we should learn to hear and see much more. I believe in silence, as I am introvert myself and have spent most of my life silent and observing. But I also believe in the power of stories. Stories told by other people have opened for me a world of possibilities and think that sharing mine, might help somebody. I have shared a couple of stories to give support to Andrea in the launch and beginning of this project, as my humble contribution. And hope to see other people increasingly posting, for me to take a step back.
Grazie!
Adriana
Bisogna avere la determinazione di cambiare strada a volte...e di scegliere il cammino più in salita o più oscuro. L'obiettivo non è quello di raggiungere un traguardo ben preciso, bensì di forgiarci lungo il percorso! Credo che così prenda vita il grande puzzle della nostra esistenza. Questo vale anche per fotografia 😉 Grazie come sempre Adriana, Andre