It all began in a small run down apartment in a part of town where even our own parents wouldn’t come to visit us. Although, at the time we didn’t realize it, this was the perfect place to learn about what we wanted. We were surrounded by undesirable conditions, but we discovered a lot about ourselves in the process of “surviving” during this period of our lives. We spent years in self-discovery and read every book that came to us, which at most times, on our limited budget, appeared in our lives as if magically summoned. Each book taught us more about the nature of the universe and who we are. It was only when we had strategies and tools available to us to put all of the theoretical ideologies into practice that our shift began.

We started to feel better inside. Not just better, we filled ourselves up with such love and gratitude for our place and situation. This was truly authentic and very humbling. It was then we decided what we wanted to experience next – what we really wanted from deep inside. What happened next really seemed magical. The universe conspired to bring us exactly what we had decided on. These changes brought forth challenges and triumphs. We moved to a condo on the beach, almost exactly as we visualized every night for one month even before learning about the job that ultimately led us there. We flowed into our new place in life appreciating every step of the journey. After being there for a year, things started shifting again and we could feel a sense of uneasiness in our situation and it was time to discover what we desired next. Somehow, just the right message came through to both of us simultaneously.

We saw a movie but not just any movie; this movie gave us a clue about why we were feeling uneasy. It spoke to our heart strings and our deep desire to explore this planet while we have the opportunity to do so. It was time to leave our comfort zone and really trust ourselves in the next part of our journey. That is when we decided that working for ourselves was necessary and leaving behind our comforts was more comforting than staying in the same place.

So, we sold it all and we are building our businesses and will be traveling the world soon. At first our journey through Europe was to be 6 months – we missed that departure date because we were still putting together our businesses. Two months has past since that date and we are still working on our livelihood. Where there are challenges there are new understandings and we decided our travels itinerary did not need to be limited by 6 months and now we are open to an unlimited amount of time we desire. We may not be back to our original starting point for a year or so! Doesn’t that sound adventurous?

By the way, the movie was called The Razor’s Edge, starring Bill Murray. Highly recommend it. Some movies, music and books have a way to shift people. (For a list of books and movies that helped us along our journey click here.) This certainly was one for us!

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