So i have been in Wanaka for a few months now and it is still just as much fun as it was when i arrived. I've met some incredible people, had some amazing jobs, and have learnt so much about life and how i can cope. I've had run ins with all sorts, both good and bad, but i have rocked out on the other side of each situation a better person, with more knowledge, more experience, more life lived and more passion for the next step. NZ has hit me so hard in terms of showing me what a different life is out there compared to how i was living back in the UK. Here is much more relaxed, much more subtle, much more intimate. My town has 6000 inhabitants and there is such a sense of community here. everyone is looking out for everyone, people stop and talk to you in the street, each stranger here is merely a friend waiting to happen, it blows me away each day i wake up and find what i am looking for.
New Zealand has trully become everything i hoped for, but nothing like i expected. I will always come back here, it feels as much a home to me as St.Albans, and Stoke does. Tomorrow i get my new tattoo to capture the essence of my time in New Zealand, my experiences, my memories, my ups and downs, and my journey.
I remember seeing a quote when i was younger on a climbing poster that read
"Success is a journey, not a destination"
That quote seems to fit what i have found, where i have come from and where i may go to but i don't think 'success' is what i am after. To me, success is happiness, health, love and freedom. They are our basic human rights and they are so achievable to all of us if we want it, you just have to open yourself to finding it and it will flood in....
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