Leap of Faith

Taking a Leap of Faith is VERY daunting. 

All the “What if’s” come racing into mind.  

Wether it’s changing jobs, moving away, travelling, doing something we’re scarred of, separation, divorce, travelling or any other daunting experience you would like to do, but are scared of.  

The definition of a Leap of Faith is: An act of believing in or attempting something whose existence or outcome cannot be proved.

The fear behind “not knowing”.  The unknown.  

Have you ever been faced with making or taking a decision based on very little information.  

Do you have a dream you’d like to achieve, but are scared of what might happen?

All human beings are faced with moments like these, as many times in their life.  

The answer is: Will the 80 year old version of you regret not jumping 2 feet in this decision?

I’ve had many time, in my life, where I’ve been faced with the unknown.  

Going travelling solo.  Starting my life with a foreign man.  Starting a business from scratch, many times.  Divorce.  Starting fresh and this one time where the father of my daughters and myself wanted to unlift our life to restart new again.  

Here’s the story... 

I had my 2 beautiful daughters, they were only 3 and 4 years old.  I had been my own boss with a booming business, I was married to a great man…  I had achieved what I wanted.  Once a traveller, always a traveller...  I still had that urge for travelling anf felt like something was still missing.  

I needed something new.  I needed more.  I was also missing living in the heat – with the warm sun that we had in Thailand…

There was no way I was going to leave my family behind, but the rest seemed disposable… Like I could do it all again, but somewhere else.

The house, the job, the business, the life I had created for myself… (obviously not the kids and the husband, lol)  I've never been scared to drop things and start fresh. 

Which is what we did.

My husband and I have always been on the same wavelength when it comes to life choices.   We know we can be happy anywhere in the world, as long as we have each other and our kids. 

We’re that type of couple and people who are fearless and prefer a challenge to monotony. 

So we did it.  I sold my business, packed up our belongings and left.  We had done our research and we we’re going to give the BVI (British Virgin Islands) a try.  

All pointed to something that would be achievable as a family.  Job, house, life, schools, and all that human’s need to live.  

December 31st 2015 we got on our flight and went to spend the next month of our lives to try our potential new life.  

We got on the island, feeling very hopeful.  

We had some scheduled job interviews, homes and schools to visit and a place to stay.  We even had friends around.  

Our vision was very quickly shut down.  Things weren’t as they seemed, very early on.  

After a month we realized that this project would take a lot more from us than we were willing to give it.  Money wouldn’t be so good.  Costs was much higher than what we were told.  . The stability and comfort we had gotten used to at home, would be greatly diminished.  We backtracked and came back home after what ended up being a very nice month long holiday.  

A little disappointed, but ready to start fresh, at home in Canada...

When we got back home, we were ready to rebuild ourselves, but this time, with the intension to stay and build solid foundations.  Find our dream home, Build a solid company and get comfortable.  

Ever since this escapade, we‘ve realized that home is where the heart is, but safety and stability was more important to us at that time, for what we wanted to provide our children, than any kind of frivolity we were trying to achieve.

Once you become a parent, responsibility kick in and the importance we put on stability, becomes more important. 

Our core values and priorities are different to everyone.  

We can all succeed in our own way.

Every time I’m faced the “unknown”, It’s hard and daunting. But exciting! 

I always ask myself: Will the 80 year me regret not taking the plunge” 

So even if this project didn’t workout, I can at least never regret trying it.  

I can look back on it and learn from it.  What worked, what I didn’t.  

The grass always seems greener elsewhere, but it rarely is. Usually only temporarily greener and then the reality kicks in.

So what is good for one, may not be good for someone else.  

When faced with a projects, an idea, a dream or the “unknown”, take the time to sit with it.  Ask yourself questions to better understand if the risk is worth the try.  

Is fear holding you back?  

Is it something you’ve been pondering for a long time?  That might mean something...

Finding your way is part of the journey on this planet and in this body. No matter what path you get on, you’ll always finish where you were meant to end up.

To each its own path in life. You have to follow your intuition and evaluate your values and goals, to then make a decision that is right for you, and your family.

Now is the time to reflect on what you want.

Do you have an unknown you’d like to question yourself about?  A dream?  A project? 

If you do, write it down.  Just in case...