[content_box_green width=”75%”]For a person you loved deeply, would you be willing to move to a distant country knowing there would be little chance of seeing your friends or family again?[/content_box_green]I found a little book called “The Book of Questions” by Gregory Stock, PhD – and I thought … wow, that would be really interesting. There are 200 questions in this book, what if I go through and answer every question in the book, do a little video of it and let you get to know a bit more about me.

I also thought, I may even discover some things about myself that I didn’t know or I wasn’t aware of.

So … let’s start with the first question …

“For a person you loved deeply, would you be willing to move to a distant country knowing there would be little chance of seeing your friends or family again?”

YES, I would!

I though about this as a young woman – 19-20 – I had met someone in Canada who I thought hmmm, yes, I would move over there to be with you. That didn’t work out which was fine.

I met my husband at 22 and we were married the day after I turned 23. And … I’m still married to that wonderful man.

Haven’t Left Australia – But Have Moved Interstate

Now, we haven’t left Australia, but what we have done is move 4 times in our marriage. My husband was in the army, we got married and we moved to the Gold Coast. We didn’t know 1 person on the Gold Coast. My family was 100s of miles away. We had a telephone. We didn’t have the internet back in those days.

So … I spent a lot of time on the phone and I made new friends. And, then we moved to Canberra after we had our children and I found myself in that situation again. I was in a strange city … I didn’t know anyone and I had two little children. BUT … I was with my husband and what I decided to do was to make friends fast.

I built a community of women around me within a few months who I felt as close to as I felt to my family.

Tree Change – City To Country

Recently, we have moved to the country after 25 years in the city. We knew 1 person.

What I’ve discovered in 30+ years of adult life is that it doesn’t matter where you are – it is who you are with. That’s what makes life joyful, healthy and wonderful.

I would move to another country because being with the one you love is the most important thing and I’ve found that with the internet, the telephone, with emails and with Skype, often in our nuclear family situation, we don’t live in the same town as our family and friends anyway.

We live 100s or 1000s of miles away – and it doesn’t matter whether that’s in the same country or in another country. A distance is a distance. Living away from your family doesn’t breakdown the connection you have with them … it just means that you are not in the same place physically.

What would you do?

Would you move to another country where you didn’t know anyone and you didn’t know whether you would ever see your family or friends again?

It’s an interesting question isn’t it?  I’d love to hear your answer to this question … so LIKE this post and share your views below.