Coincidences

I don’t know if you guys believe in coincidences, I mean, I don’t even know if I believe in coincidences yet. But I’ll tell you my story and you can make out of it whatever you like.

Yesterday we were supposed to be doing our individual work, and I did do some but later I got distracted and started looking at National Geographic’s webpage. For the last couple of months this idea had been rolling around in my head, I want to go hiking (actually baby hiking) to some new place all by myself (to Iceland and Greenland actually).  And National Geographic offers trips to go hiking with a team to Iceland. I had been thinking that this would be a great experience: I wouldn’t be alone, I would meet new people, and since I have never actually hiked before this would be a great opportunity to learn.

That same afternoon we had a guest come over to talk about himself. He told us how he didn’t really believe in the schooling system and how life experiences were a great way to obtain education. He also told us that one of his dreams was to bike the US. The moment he started talking about this and how he actually made it happen, I started thinking on that hiking trip. I started to realize that it was more possible than I thought it was, and that if I really wanted it I could make it happen.

Written down here it may not sound like a big deal, but it kind of was a moment of “enlightenment” for me. So I decided that I am going to take that trip (maybe not with National Geographic), and I am going to set aside all of my fears of going into the unknown.