"Home is where the heart is!"

 

Ein wirklich gutes Buch

Andreas Altmann: Gebrauchsanweisung für die Welt

(Auszug S. 22)

"Zuerst etwas Grundsätzliches: Man muss nicht reisen, um ein einigermaßen geglücktes Leben zu führen. Gewiss nicht. Auch zu Hause kann man sich bewähren. Kann an Herausforderungen wachsen. Aber Reisen macht es einem möglicherweise leichter zu dem Leben zu finden, das man will.

Ich spitze nur dann die Ohren, wenn notorisch Unbewegliche - gestärkt von volksnaher Küchenpsychologie - von "Flucht" und "Verantwortungslosigkeit" plappern. Wenn sie über uns reden, die Auf-und-Davons. (...) Man zeige mir einen auf Erden, die letzten sechs Millionen Jahre rauf und runter, der auf seinem Totenbett bereute, nicht mehr Zeit in seinem Büro-Kabuff verhockt zu haben."

 

Ich kann dieses Buch allen Reiselustigen und Daheimgebliebenen nur wärmstens empfehlen:)

The Invitation

It doesn't interest me what you do for a living
I want to know what you ache for
and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.

It doesn't interest me how old you are
I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool
for love
for your dreams
for the adventure of being alive.

It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon...
I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow
if you have been opened by life's betrayals
or have become shrivelled and closed
from fear of further pain.

I want to know if you can sit with pain
mine or your own
without moving to hide it
or fade it
or fix it.

I want to know if you can be with joy
mine or your own
if you can dance with wildness
and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your
fingers and toes
without cautioning us to
be careful
be realistic
to remember the limitations of being human.

It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me
is true.
I want to know if you can
disappoint another
to be true to yourself.
If you can bear the accusation of betrayal
and not betray your own soul.
If you can be faithless
and therefore trustworthy.

I want to know if you can see Beauty
even when it is not pretty
every day.
And if you can source your own life
from its presence.

I want to know if you can live with failure
yours and mine
and still stand on the edge of the lake
and shout to the silver of the full moon,
"Yes."

It doesn't interest me
to know where you live or how much money you have.
I want to know if you can get up
after a night of grief and despair
weary and bruised to the bone
and do what needs to be done
to feed the children.

It doesn't interest me who you know
or how you came to be here.
I want to know if you will stand
in the center of the fire
with me
and not shrink back.

It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom
you have studied.
I want to know what sustains you
from the inside
when all else falls away.

I want to know if you can be alone
with yourself
and if you truly like the company you keep
in the empty moments.

Oriah Mountain Dreamer
Canadian Teacher and Author



Stationen der Reise

 

18.8.- 8.9.13       Curitiba, Brasilien

                           Projekt an der Laguna

 

4.9. - 6.9.13       Rio de Janeiro

 

8.9. - 11.9.13      Iguazu-Wasserfälle

 

12.9.13               Flug nach Lima, Peru

 

29.9. - 2.10.13   Inka Trail

 

3.10.13              Urubamba, Peru

-18.10. 13          Projekt im Kinderdorf

                          Munachay

 

19.10.13            Titicacasee

- 25.10.13        

 

25.10. -              Bolivien, incl. Salt Flats

31.10.13            Uyuni

 

1.11.13 -            Chile, Patagonien

6.12.13

 

7.12 .-               Osterinsel, Rapanui

13.12.13

 

14.12.13            Flug Santiago di Chile

                          - Sydney

 

15.12. -             Cairns - Sydney

4.1.14

 

7.1.14 -             Tasmanien

13.1.14

 

13.1.14 -           Melbourne &

22.1.14             Great Ocean Road

 

22.1.14 -           Sydney

3.2.14

 

4.2. 14 -            Ayers Rock, Outback

7.2.14

 

8.2.14 -             Byron Bay

9.2.14

 

9.2.14 -            Brisbane

15.2.14

 

15.2.14 -         Neuseeland, Südinsel

23.3.14

 

23.3.14 -         Neuseeland, Nordinsel

13.4.14

 

13.4.14 -        Cook-Inseln,

22.4.14          Rarotonga & Aitutaki

 

22.4.14 -        Neuseeland, Whangerai,

27.4.14          Nordinsel

 

28.4.14 -        Dubai

2.5.14

 

2.5.14           Ankunft in Frankfurt

                     Ende des Sabbatjahres

 

Weitere Reisen

31.5.14 -       Sarti, Griechenland

14.6.14         Beachvolleyball- und 

                     Surfcamp

 

31.7.14 -       Meraner Höhenweg

11.8.14         und Schnalstal,

                     Verona&Venedig

 

23.8.14 -       Conil, Andalusien, Spanien

29.8.14

 

29.7.15 -       Südafrika, Kapstadt (1W.)

31.8.15         Sansibar (3 W.)

 

30.10.15 -     "Workation" Copass-Camp 6.11.15          auf Fuerteventura

 

27.3.16 -       Retreat mit Jan Broders

1.4.16           auf Mallorca                      

                     www.janbroders.com

 

12.5.16 -       Filmfestspiele in Cannes

7.5.16

 

29.7.16 -      Olympische Spiele in Rio de

1.9.2016      Janeiro, Brasilien als 

                    Volunteer