Moving forward

Today is a sparkling sunny day in Wellington, New Zealand and the world seems to be in order. Ducks are playing on the dock. I am leaving the boat at the end of the week to go home to Hungary and move on towards other things in life. Hannah gave me a card that says: “don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” That is how I feel today, even though I left the shores of Nova Scotia in tears, I am smiling now and am amazed to have sailed on three oceans on this beautiful journey.

I feel grateful to have been able to be part of this adventure and I would like to thank all of those who have been with me on this voyage. Friends and family, I’ve felt your presence all along and that feeling of connectedness made me strong and made me trust that things were going to be all right even on the roughest seas. This feeling gave me a reason to keep on going and gave me a place to look forward to going back to, a home, a country, a family and my friends.

I am also thankful for the wisdom I’ve gained through all the lessons that were given to me. I am learning to respond to the natural ebb and flow of the universe, I understand that one cannot sail against the winds. Before leaving I told a friend about the importance of adjusting the sails depending on the winds. That is what I will keep on doing as I move forward and I will remember the perfection I’ve seen in all things. I am grateful for those moments of clarity and beauty I’ve encountered on the sea.

Being alone on deck, sailing on a night with dolphins swimming by us in the silver moonlight on the shiny black water. Rowing Reepicheep on the green-blue ocean in front of high grey-green rocks in New Zealand. Sailing under a full rainbow in a light tender rain between two islands in Seychelles. Crossing the Indian ocean and running on deck in gorgeous sunsets with albatrosses flying around the boat.

Sailing through the Marlborough sounds with family of gannets flying around the boat in the morning sun.
Watching the sun shining down on the water in a track of stars that looked like the perfect road to walk on. I smiled.

I feel as though I have family all over the world now. I have met some beautiful people on this journey and have seen myself reflected in their eyes and I believe they’ve seen themselves through me. I see and understand life more clearly now and it all feels like an unending 360 degree circle on a rock, one that starts where it ends and ends where it starts. I hope to be able to see this clarity and keep it in my heart as I move forward from here.