Quarrel, the honest story
- Richard
- Mar 27
- 4 min read
In the photos and videos we make, you usually see us with radiant smiles. But in all honesty, we are not always that cheerful. Living together in a van of 8m2 has its challenges.
General
In general, we enjoy ourselves on our journey, we rarely get in each other's way and are often completely in harmony with each other. The photos where we are radiant are not faked. However, this is not always the mood.
Living together
Kelly and I met almost two years ago at camping Buitenland in Drenthe. Kelly lived in Enschede and I lived in Zoetermeer. That meant that we could only see each other on weekends. In September last year, our 'traveling without end time' started and we also started living together. When we are active by driving, walking and doing things, things go really well between us. Unfortunately, it has rained a lot in the past few weeks and we are sitting together on that 8m2 all day waiting for the weather to get better. That is not good for our mood and does not always bring out the best in us.
Agreements
Of course we have a lot in common: we both love driving, nature, walking, self-development, spirituality and much more, but on rainy days the differences also come to the surface. And where you could experience enormous personal growth because of the differences, the irritations can also quickly arise. For example, I am very structured and Kelly is a bit messy. I prefer to be together all the time and Kelly also needs 'me-time'. Kelly is very well versed in politics, which does not interest me that much.
Constellations
And then we also have star signs* that don't exactly match. I am a sensitive Cancer and I prefer to keep my partner close to me with my pincers and take loving care of her. I am domestic, loving, protective and emotional. Kelly on the other hand is an Aquarius: eccentric, open-minded, capricious, reserved and far ahead of the crowd. Now try to keep that water with you with your pincers. It's a hopeless task!
" Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it"
Learning potential
Yet we believe that we did not just meet each other. People do not just meet each other. What do we have to learn from each other in this life? You could say: what one has too much of, the other has too little of. There is an enormous learning potential in this. Is our love strong enough to bridge the valleys. Because we certainly have enough peaks too. We can endlessly enjoy the adventure that we have embarked on together. We would also like to share this adventure with you. In fact, the time when things are going well makes up a much larger part of the time than the moments when things are not going so well. And yet those lesser moments take up a disproportionate amount of space in our heads.
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Growing old together
If we both love personal development so much, then we can only be very grateful for the valleys in our relationship. Your partner is always, by definition, your biggest mirror. If the other person affects you, makes you angry or sad, that actually says nothing about the other person but only something about yourself. The bottom line is that we have a great time together, we enjoy everything we get to do enormously and we are already planning our next trip. Every day I choose to be with this woman, maybe for the rest of my life.
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Walking
When it rains so much we mainly entertain ourselves with reading, playing games, washing and cleaning the bus a bit. Fortunately we were also able to take several walks. You can see the images of these in the video above. We took the following walks:
Harvest Fountain – Sultana Arch tour from El Borge Not spectacular, but nice views of the sea and extremely steep passages in between
El Saltillo Hike For those who are not afraid of heights
Cahorros de Monachil Walking, slipping, crawling, we can't make it any more fun
Tabernas Watercourse - Lanujar Watercourse - Las Salinas Ravine , Hike in the largest Western European desert
*) Astrology
By the way, are you interested in learning more about your character traits, talents and soul mission explained by astrology? Kelly's sister is an Astrologer and here you can find her site for more information.
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