The whole truth (as if there is any other kind) is that we have always loved the idea of going to live, in another place, a foreign land, a different culture, another language.
We love travel, exploring, not “bucket list”, check box, did that, done that, impress your friends travel.
We like to walk around and frequently get lost, often it’s good to get a little lost, side streets, two turns off the main drag… that is where all the good stuff is. Treasure, gold nuggets, diamonds, it’s all just around a bend in the road.
It’s true. The good stuff is never stored in plain sight.
We feel age beginning to creep up, behind us, upon us. Time, tick tock, we’re more aware of time passing. We’ve lost people, pets, in my case - hair, much that was dear to us.
Some days, too many days, we can feel time, bearing down.
And then, factor into the calculation, To Go, or Not To Go, current events. Look at where we are, this moment in time. Look at what’s happening.
I was always good at math and science, a geek, they called us “brains” in grade school. Equations, calculations, I’m thinking Thomas Dolby (look him up) S-C-I-E-N-C-E.
We look at what is happening in our country, and one does not have to be a math, science, shirt pocket pencil pouch wearing geek-a-zoid — to see trouble on the horizon. Unless your head is buried somewhere, in something, one can not help but see. Trouble has come, more trouble, brewing…
We’ve lived long enough to see history come around, full circle… loop back on itself. When we were young, we called them “Hippies”. They wanted a revolution.
The Hippies, they grew up. Well no, that’s not right, they got older. The Hippies, they became something else. I don’t know what to call them today, but, it would seem, they still want a revolution.
“We all want to change the world.”
But you know what? “...when you talk about destruction, don’t you know that you can count me out”
We will keep searching for “a real solution”, but we’re not so sure “it’s gonna be alright”.
And so, here we are, feet on the ground, heads not buried in anything, heads to the wind, awake, not woke.
Alive, aware, considering options.
Scott & Christine - Future Expat? / Future Expat
Go for it!! Live your dreams.