In the movie “Peter Pan” (I re-watched it recently with my family) upon returning to Neverland Peter has difficulty remembering how to fly. He is reminded that he must go to his “Happy Place” in order to remember. It was difficult at first. Peter even had a few failed attempts. Then when it became a must, a situation where he had to fly or else, he remembered!
I often go to My Happy Place here in Boquete to remember why I came here. It is at 5,000 feet where I can look down into a valley a thousand feet below at coffee plants, vegetable fields and then up to a soaring mountain that climbs up to 11,400 feet where the clouds fly by. I read an article recently that I share with you about another real estate guys perspective on his reason for being.
By broker Michael Simons in Costa Rica
We were talking about the usual BS that is going on in the world, and we both agreed that we choose to just ignore it. Everyone you talk to is so depressed. The US is in the tanks, and the next 6 months could quite possibly be the most negative election in history. Who needs it?
Canada is….well Canada. It’s cold as hell, and they don’t even have the Stanley Cup any more. Mexico is rolling people’s heads into night clubs and hanging bodies from bridges. Europe is rioting, the Middle East is a mess and most of the world is just flat out miserable. But we never seem to be too affected down here in Costa Rica. We are too busy enjoying our life to worry about the rest of the world’s problems.
When I chose to move to Costa Rica, many people thought I was nuts. [more…] But I figured it was a “no lose” situation. The worst case scenario was that it didn’t work out and I had to go back to reality. I mean I could always go home and do what I had always done. That option would always be there.
But I didn’t want to be one of those people; you see them all the time, who go through life talking about what they “wish” they would have done. I didn’t want to be on my death bed someday, regretting never having taking the chance.
Stop talking about what you are “going to do” someday and make a plan to DO IT. You have everything to gain and really nothing to lose. Do you wake up everyday disappointed about where your life is at? That ain’t no way to live a lifetime man. When are you going to START LIVING YOUR LIFE? It’s time to shake that monkey off your back, and come down and live with the monkeys.
VIVA PANAMA!!