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last post.

You’re a part of me You’re in my heart You’re in my thoughts I carry you with me from sunrise to sunset I carry your words I carry your wisdom I carry your love It keeps me going It keeps me moving It keeps me breathing I carry you with me through  every city every country every ocean every mountain every smile every tear I carry you with me in the light  and in the darkest moments I carry you with me always  

Moshi, Tanzania August 27, 2012

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you’re the only person i see in a room full of people.

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I’m very envious of people who work a job, make a decent living, maybe have some kids, watch their favorite TV programs, take one or two vacations a year – and are content. That is a great life as long as you feel good about it. I’m envious, and If I could do that I would. But, the way I’m wired, along with a lot of my friends, we HAVE to keep creating and connecting with life and others in a deeper way. And, so we do.

Amber Tozer

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almost a month on the road. city to city to city. i feel like i’m on tour but without the performance and the entourage and the fans and the million dollar contract and, well, you get it. major props to entertainers all over. it definitely takes a toll on you mentally and physically. my mind is constantly ten steps ahead of what i’m doing and my feet are sore. every. single. day. 

this trip is different from the other two. for starters, it’s completely planned. well, most of it. there’s little room for spontaneity or flexibility. it’s very much ‘go here’ ‘go there’ ‘be here’ ‘be there’ but it’s kind of worth it when i get to reunite with my beautiful friends here in europe. it’s wonderful to know i’m ‘expected’...to know they’re clearing their schedules for me...to know how much i am welcomed in their homes. it’s just absolutely sweet. and it’s worth all the planning and organizing i have to do. it’s not even worth complaining anymore, really. 

always it’ll be the people on my trips that make my heart the fullest. that make me believe in the kindness of human beings. real, authentic, genuine people. who don’t expect anything in return. my friends are above and beyond amazing and i can’t thank them enough for their hospitality. i love them. so very much. but it is also the strangers that ignite that little spark inside of me that says, “this is why you’re here. this is all happening for you. this is the experience you need to have.” the strangers that inspire me to go forward. the strangers that make me understand life a little bit more each time.

i am so blessed. so lucky. so grateful for this month of bucket list check offs, pretty faces, deep conversations, and meals that make my tummy bigger every day. 

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You change the world by changing your mind

Kinky Boots

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“Forget about having an identity crisis and get some identity capital. Do something that adds value to who you are. Do something that’s an investment in who you might want to be next.”

Meg Jay

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There is a meaning behind every single thing that happens in your life. Everything is a sign or message, and everybody is a messenger. My dad used to tell me growing up: “everything is feedback.” It is. Everything in your life you have brought to it. Your life changes the day you decide it should. You are happy the day you decide you will be, or that you will take the necessary steps to facilitate it.

Unknown

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you know you're the best thing about this place, right?

Mike (my heart melted; i hate goodbyes)

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but the rest of us are just walking around trying not to be disappointed with the way that our lives turned out.

The Skeleton Twins

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you're peter pan

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