Quotes by Gina Greenlee

“It's tempting to believe that a break from life's routine will only cause chaos. But regimen does not ensure security. The only constant we can count on is change.”

“One of the best kinds of thrill is defining, honoring, and achieving our goals.”

“The best way to teach is how you live your life.”

“To commune with your heart and soul, be willing to go out of your mind.”

“Much of our lives consists of a series of choices over which we have absolute control.”

“Forgive someone today. Especially if that someone is you.”

“Experience is a master teacher, even when its not our own.”

“Few experiences are more satisfying than becoming someone we always imagined we could be.”

“If you cant remember when you last basked in your own glow, it means youre overdue.”

“Until that rainy Sunday at the movies 31 years ago, for me, companionship had been a mandate for lifes good times. After Orca, it became a choice. My trip to the theater helped me to distinguish be...”

“Because travel was an area of my life where I felt most vital, I wanted to continue to invest in that, too. I had quit a full time job, drained my retirement account to invest in a long-held dream,...”

“No matter. I was single, no children, a handful of plants and at 39, young enough to regroup. If I hit ground before I finished building my wings, I would not take anyone with me.”

“I knew I could always earn money from a job. What I didnt know was could I extend the dream of writing beyond my trip?”

“Putting the dream in motion involved significant personal downsizing, moving three times to trim housing expenses and continuing to freelance. I sold one piece to The New York Times Magazine, many ...”

“Ten years ago I wondered, How does one travel around the world? How does one step out of a well-established life to follow the dream? Ive answered those questions. But now new ones emerge.”

“In the aftermath of the attacks on the United States that included chaotic overall of airline security and the exploding tensions in Nepal, friends thought it ill-advised for me to board a flight...”

“The trip changed all that. Stirring the murk of a life ill-fitting, Something More was perceptible though without name or form. Something More was the genesis of a map, not one handed to me but ren...”

“In 2006 I had begun the discernment process for locating my rightful geographic home. By the time my corporate pink slip arrived I had spent two years researching and taking recon trips to five dif...”

“The cruise was the conduit for what would become my third book. While I was traveling and writing for ctnow.com, women across the United States and from the Caribbean emailed not to ask about my ge...”

“My post-cruise sabbatical would spark the idea for my first book, Cheaper Than Therapy: How to Keep Lifes Small Problems from Becoming Big Ones The Lesson of the Paper Clips. How? In my data entry...”