When your heart belongs,
everything makes sense
When you adjust your soul,
the world looks different
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| The New |
In a world where belonging
somewhere is harder than anything else, sometimes a few people and
places can make the difference. A few events, a few walks, a few
connections. The real ones. The ones you can touch and talk face to
face. The ones you can feel their emotions and grasp their moods. Not
the other ones. The particles of a media world that collapses before
my eyes. Not the ones who the only connection you share with them is
your keyboard. No. Not these ones.
The city where you grew up
has always a special part in your heart, even if you dislike it. It
will always be there for you with open arms to welcome you from every
travel, from every change. And you can always walk through it, in the
small and bigger streets, in the squares and parks, in the
neighborhoods you played till dark.
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| The Change |
But the cities you visited
and lived are another fairy tale. They entered your heart and stayed
there. They introduced you to a new world, a bigger world, a better
one. With their voices and sounds, smells and vibes, those cities
provoke strokes of happiness every time you revisit them, every time
you scroll into old photos. Even if they are closer or further than
you. Even if they are in the other side of the world.
But there is always one
city where you decided to stay. To a permanent future that for your
free heart is hard to be possible. You want to travel, to live
relentlessly, to see, to admire, to feel. And there comes the moment
when everything makes sense to you. Where all of the places you have
visited make sense, only through this one city. The city you chose to
live. With the difficulties and the obstacles. With the demands and
the dreams. With the secrets and the schemes. All in one and all for
you.
So there it is, the global
truth, we cannot avoid what we decide. But we can indeed
embrace it deep in our lives.
Photos taken in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands during the Liberation Day (Bevrijdingsdag) on May 5th.
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| The Music |
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| The Sky |
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| The Party |
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| The Remains |
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| The Connection |
Vicky Griva Photography ©
