All Over the Place: Adventures in Travel, True Love, and Petty Theft

by Geraldine DeRuiter

sometimes it’s best not to know what you are up against; if you are acutely aware of the challenges involved, you’d never do a damn thing. Being clueless is weirdly empowering. You can’t worry about the things that you don’t yet know you should be worried about. You end up doing wonderful things that you never would have had you been the least bit informed.

I am reminded that my mistakes don’t mean I’m a failure as a human. They just mean I’m human.