“What is that feeling when you’re driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? It’s the too-huge world vaulting us, and it’s good-bye. “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”. “The loneliness of the expatriate is of an odd and complicated kind, for it is inseparable from the feeling of being free, of having escaped”. “Now more than ever do I realize that I will never be content with a sedentary life, that I will always be haunted by thoughts of a sun-drenched elsewhere”. If you travel all the way to the Caribbean Sea, you probably have already decided to trade the dog-eat-dog competition of modern living for a hammock on the sand”. “Giving up on the drive to succeed is a good part of what being an expat is all about. “The ideal place for me is the one in which it is most natural to live as a foreigner”. “Expats who can only criticize the country in which they choose to live are like a sailor who demands the wind blows only according to his skill”. That’s the price you pay for the richness of loving and knowing people in more than one place”. “You will never be completely at home again, because part of your heart will always be elsewhere. “And suddenly you just know… it’s time to start something new and trust in the magic of new beginnings”. “The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun”. “Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did”. Everything looks the same, feels the same, even smells the same. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition”. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. “When overseas, you learn more about your own country than you do the place you’re visiting”. There would be a goal involved, and I liked having goals”. Equally exciting would be the work involved in overcoming that helplessness. “What I found appealing in life abroad was the inevitable sense of helplessness it would inspire. “I can’t think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything. “Our homes are not defined by geography or one particular location, but by memories, events, people, and places that span the globe”. “Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don’t need to escape from”. “You’re never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream”. Hopefully, you leave something good behind”. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. “The journey changes you it should change you.
Where no one knows you and you hold your life in your hands all alone, you are more master of yourself than at any other time”. “Loving life is easy when you are abroad.
The rhythm of their day is entirely different I am foreign”. Here they are all along, busy with living they don’t talk or look like me. “Splendid to arrive alone in a foreign country and feel the assault of difference.
“And then there is the most dangerous risk of all–the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later”. As your understanding of other cultures increases, your understanding of yourself and your own culture will increase exponentially”. “All great changes are preceded by chaos”. “You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.” – Eleanor Roosevelt Walk in someone else’s shoes or at least eat their food. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. “If I’m an advocate for anything, it’s to move. And for more inspiration, check out the best quotes about travel. It’s an experience that can at times be challenging but has also led me to some of the best experiences of my life, and even finding a husband! For more about my experience, you can check out what I learned from living in Paris. As an adult, I’ve been lucky enough to take the plunge, pack my bags once more, and move for work, the interest in learning a new language, and for the love of travel. Growing up, my family moved around fairly often for my parents’ work and so we ended up living abroad several times.
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