Forgive me followers, for I have faltered. This is my first post in months due to internet availability. I finally forged ahead in my leap of faith, and flew home.
The sixth letter of the alphabet has always had a raw deal by being linked to a choice four letter word. But there are far worse F-words that I have encountered... Failure, Fake, Fatal, Frustration to name but a few. Fortunately there are fantastic ones to counteract the negativity of these... Faith, Forever, Free, Future, and the most important: Family & Friends
Being halfway across the world is a geographical challenge to a relationship with family or friends, but distance never breaks the strongest of bonds. You can be sitting next to someone on a bed in your own house and be completely disconnected from them. That is the loneliest of relationships. Circumstance dictates the need for continental distance obstacles, but the ties that bind can be rewardingly strong despite the twelve thousand kilometre inconvenience. I am blessed to have the most incredible close family, and blessed again to have family that I chose (aka friends). Without my daughter, dad, silblings and besties, my year at sea would have resulted in a mental 'man overboard'! I did not choose for my life to take this direction, but I handled the conditions thrown at me like a seasoned Captain. Although the circumnavigation of South America was a phenomenal journey, the personal one was without navigation and will take time to process the results. I have photographic evidence of the life altering destinations that I visited, but I hope that when I look back at these blog posts, I will see a record of progress. Already I can feel the return of self confidence, and the glimmer of goals to be achieved. As well as journaling my fascinating trip in my upcoming posts, I hope to have more of the self actualization component come through. April to April and four continents....... how could it not have changed my life!
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