Friendships across continents

In the meantime, more than a whole year has passed since I took off in the plane and left Germany. And with it, a country where my longtime friends live. And so I have consciously chosen not to be there and to spend my time elsewhere in the world. Time passes, goes its ever steady speed. It is exactly the same. The earth turns the same speed for me as it does for you - wherever you are in this world.

My motivation to leave was not to see my friends anymore. But isn't it the difficult thing that we make decisions for something and at the same time the decision is against everything else? When I decide to go to the beach, it is at the same time the decision against the woods. Which is not to say that I don't love the woods too. It's just a decision for the moment. And in the same way, it doesn't mean that I don't love my home and friends. Quite the opposite. Do you know the phenomenon of realizing what's really important to you when it's no longer taken for granted? I hear it all the time that people miss the landscape they call home, but only after they've lived somewhere else for a while. And sometimes we only realize how much we love our friends when it is no longer possible to spend time together due to external circumstances. But nowadays it doesn't mean that we are just gone as if we had disappeared from the face of the earth. I am still on this planet. And I maintain my friendships. Even if it's not always easy due to time differences and everyday life. But it is a conscious decision. Everything, everything without exception, is a choice. When I start my day and how I set my priorities and what I invest my time in.

It is not only friendships, which exist for many years and started in my home country. We meet again and again people on our way through life, who become friends. But we also let them move on again into the adventures of life.

And so I can say with gratitude that I maintain wonderful friendships, across continents.