The Key

Your world is as big as you make it,
I know,
for I used to abide in the narrowest nest in a corner,
my wings pressing close to my side.

But I sighted the distant horizon
where the skyline encircled the sea
and throbbed with a burning desire
to travel this immensity.

I battered the cordons around me
and cradled my wings on the breeze.

Then soared to the uttermost reaches

With rapture,

with power,

with ease....

Georgia Douglas Johnson

This poem was read at my graduation ceremony in Strasbourg and has been my guiding light ever since. As a true source of inspiration and motivation it has lead me to the founding of Personal Relocation

Linda van Santen

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