I can’t take credit for this, but I recently heard someone say “I’m in a constant pursuit of newness. New places, new people, new experiences”. And I don’t think I have ever been able to explain my innate desire to travel every square foot of this earth until I heard that statement.
Growing up, my family moved around a lot. I had a love/hate relationship with being the new kid at school. It was an adrenaline rush in both the best and the worst way possible to walk into a classroom full of kids that don’t know you. You have no allies, no enemies (yet), and you can be whoever you want to be. A chance to reinvent yourself. To see things from a different perspective. This has both threatened my sense of belonging and fueled my sense of adventure. It has also caused me to develop a never ending case of FOMO. I used to think the grass was always greener. But I know now that’s not true. Maybe sometimes. There’s an opportunity to be grateful for wherever you’re at. It’s all about your community; the people that make the places special. But that doesn’t stop me from wanting to keep going, keep discovering. I feel like I can’t settle down. I can’t sit still long enough in one place to form community, security, stability. Is it newness that I crave, or chaos because that’s what I’m accustomed to? Or maybe it’s the French Viking in my bloodline.
Anyway, wherever you are, Where You Are, is for the ones who can’t sit still. For the ones excited by the unknown. For the ones who can appreciate life from someone else’s perspective, and allow it to give them a new lease on their own. For the ones who can appreciate the culture, the food and the traditions around them whether they’re in Paris, Texas or Paris, France. It’s all about being present, and being grateful exactly Where You Are.
Where you are 