It's so amazing to come out the other side of 'change'. Most of us fear change and entering the unknown.
I now sit writing this post overlooking the ocean from my Bungalow porch in Koh Phangan. I am on the west side of the island away from the hustle and bustle of young travelers getting their first taste of full moon party. Good for them, this is how we let off steam when we're young, or fall in love with traveling and of course the Kingdom of Thailand. An easy country to travel that continues to bring in tourists from all over in search of fun and of course the sun.
Who knows, perhaps 10 years later they too will choose a life of travel and come back to Koh Phangan and settle here for the reasons I have, in search of something different. Some Island inspiration to get the creative juices flowing, or to live simply and enjoy the simpler things in life that we often do not when we live in a busy city.
I have finally made the much anticipated move from Chiang Mai to Kho Phangan. It was a decision that if I look back was made 3 months ago, but as with most things in life, things take time and when you can see the light in being in both places it is hard to come to that final decision.
The realisation and finally the decision to make the move was that, the question perhaps would not have arisen if it was not innately what I wanted to do. Firstly I had to ask myself if I was running away from something?
I understand the real nature of change, and that is in this life, "change is the only constant". But in this inevitability there is something to be said for change that we create out of discontent or change that is inspired by a new beginning that comes from our highest values.
How to distinguish: The answer is simple. Tune in, and ask your self..."what is it that drives you"? "What gets you out of bed in the morning"?.
Sometimes we get caught in the trap of changing things for the sake of changing things in order to distract ourselves from what really needs to be changed...and what is this?
a) Sometimes nothing in our external world - perhaps just the way we look at it. We often get so caught up in striving and wanting more that we regrettably do not appreciate what we already have.
b) listening to our true or essential self - if we are constantly changing things to busy or selves up perhaps this is a sign that our true self is not happy with the way things are. We must reconnect with innate wisdom and re-discover our truth, what makes us tick, like I said earlier; find out what gets us out of bed.
I now sit writing this post overlooking the ocean from my Bungalow porch in Koh Phangan. I am on the west side of the island away from the hustle and bustle of young travelers getting their first taste of full moon party. Good for them, this is how we let off steam when we're young, or fall in love with traveling and of course the Kingdom of Thailand. An easy country to travel that continues to bring in tourists from all over in search of fun and of course the sun.
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| View from my Bungalow, where I sit when I write! |
Who knows, perhaps 10 years later they too will choose a life of travel and come back to Koh Phangan and settle here for the reasons I have, in search of something different. Some Island inspiration to get the creative juices flowing, or to live simply and enjoy the simpler things in life that we often do not when we live in a busy city.
I have finally made the much anticipated move from Chiang Mai to Kho Phangan. It was a decision that if I look back was made 3 months ago, but as with most things in life, things take time and when you can see the light in being in both places it is hard to come to that final decision.
The realisation and finally the decision to make the move was that, the question perhaps would not have arisen if it was not innately what I wanted to do. Firstly I had to ask myself if I was running away from something?
I understand the real nature of change, and that is in this life, "change is the only constant". But in this inevitability there is something to be said for change that we create out of discontent or change that is inspired by a new beginning that comes from our highest values.
How to distinguish: The answer is simple. Tune in, and ask your self..."what is it that drives you"? "What gets you out of bed in the morning"?.
Sometimes we get caught in the trap of changing things for the sake of changing things in order to distract ourselves from what really needs to be changed...and what is this?
a) Sometimes nothing in our external world - perhaps just the way we look at it. We often get so caught up in striving and wanting more that we regrettably do not appreciate what we already have.
b) listening to our true or essential self - if we are constantly changing things to busy or selves up perhaps this is a sign that our true self is not happy with the way things are. We must reconnect with innate wisdom and re-discover our truth, what makes us tick, like I said earlier; find out what gets us out of bed.
