Desperation is the raw material of drastic change. Only those who can leave behind everything they have ever believed in can hope to escape.
William S. Burroughs

This time it was a plane trip. No bridge meant we had to take the ambu-lift, a big moveable container, to the plane. Then a transfer from his wheelchair into a tiny aisle chair. From there into his seat between ours. On the way to the plane, in the airport, we discovered a disabled toilet with a hoist and a big changing table, the way it should be.

We were lucky with the weather. Although autumn, we could sit outside on the Arche Noah, have walks across the mile-long bridge out into the North Sea, and have delicious squid carpaccio, a variation of Pádraig’s favourite pulpo dish.

Pádraig was able to do this because we left behind our believe in a system we thought was there to help. It took desperation to do what we are doing. It meant drastic change. It meant choosing life.

“If you don’t know where you’re going, any way will do”, paraphrases the conversation between Alice and the Cat in Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

We didn’t know where we were heading but we knew that other people’s plans for us were not ours, not Pádraig’s.

“If you don’t know where you’re going, any way will do”, paraphrases the conversation between Alice and the Cat in Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll.

We didn’t know where we were heading but we knew that other people’s plans for us were not ours, not Pádraig’s.

And so we went off, letting the movement define the direction.

Letting the direction define the destination.

One day we will get there. Finding bigger places, having adventures, making friends, enjoying good food, drinks, sights and new experiences along the way. Every day.

I think I need to find a bigger place‘Cause when you have more than you think
You need more space

Living. Not allowing others to define us.

Any place is betterStarting from zero, got nothing to lose