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Lessons Learned from the Road...continued

11. Trust your intuition.
       Traveling teaches you to pay attetion to your gut. If you feel
       uncomfortable, move to a place that makes you feel comfortable.
       You do not have to explain to anyone, let alone yourself, just do it!
       Staying in your comfort zone for too long makes one loose touch with
       their intuitive self.

12. Revere every moment.
      When you are safe, enjoy everthing. Enjoy the fact that the waiter
      got your order messed up because it is an opportunity to try something
      new. Enjoy the fact that in someplaces a pancake is really a crepe and
      it is the rare occasion that you get real syrup. You came wherever you
      are to experience a new way of life, not to do things the same way you
      have done it back home.

13. Be a problem fixer not a problem finder.
     Every day things will not go as planned. Find the opportunity in it! If
     you begin to notice and become annoyed by the inconviences you will be
     sunk! See the humor and fun in most everything. And if things go bad,
     or you get taken advantage of, learn from it so it does not happen again.

Well, that is it for now. I am sure there are many more and the list will be twice as long after the next 5 months, but we are trying to learn from our experience. And if we can inspire or help you, then all the better. This has been the greatest gift that we could have given ourselves. Everyone we meet says the same.

peace out,
Brad and Jennifer