How often do we use the words “I have to” as a reason to do something, we don’t really want to do? For so many tasks in our life we accept that there is no other way of doing it, let alone the possibility of not doing it at all. They seem to be just given. Looking at myself it astonishes me where I set my own limitations and why I often believe in them so strong, that I’m not able to overcome them, even with little things.
As you might know in the mean time, I enjoyed my time in Japan very much, so I didn’t really want to leave for Hawaii. The originally planned three weeks on the islands seemed much too long; especially as afterwards I’m also meeting my little sister and some friends, to which I’m looking forward very much. The time on the island of happiness felt like an intermezzo I didn’t really want to have on my journey – for sure not for three weeks.
With my flight ticket I have the opportunity to change the dates for free as long there is availability in the respective booking class. However, only in the night before I was scheduled for departure the idea came up to delay my flight to Honolulu. So I packed my bags, went to the airport as planned and just then inquired about a change by one week. It turned out to be possible and I happily stayed eight days longer in Japan.
Don’t get me wrong. Of course there are limitations and also with every decision we take, we give up certain possibilities. The most difficult ones are the ones were we hurt other people with what we do. Still if I take a closer look and investigate the reasons “why I have to”, it surprises me often what I find.
Hallo Brüderchen!
Nicht zu viel nachdenken, einfach genießen. Fotos sind übrigens unterwegs und beschriftet. Viel Spass beim Anschauen.
Dicke Umarmung und genieße die Zeit mit den drei Chaoten
Babsi