> He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature. - Socrates

She is rich, too.

Being constantly in close contact with mother nature has made me become a quite humble person.

**I don't need anything else to be happy, if I can just sit here an watch.**

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># A great man is always willing to be little. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
**Harder, better, faster, stronger - isn't that what we're all striving for?**

Yet, if we were true to ourselves, then we'd quickly recognized that we and our concerns are so incredibly unimportant in the context of the whole universe.

How much do job titles effectively matter?

Surfing has tought me how healthy it can be to put things into perspective and to mainly focus on the basic and elementary vital necessities.

**Go paddle out one day if you haven't experienced how it feels to be tiny yet.**

I really recommend you to paddle into one of these bigger monsters, get barreled the hard way, feel how the walls of your lungs start to stretch from the inside while you wait for the moment to come back to the surface and finally...

BREATHE again.

Damn, it can be so incredibly relieving to take a deep breath of oxygen.

## We're all expecting so much and actually deserve so little.
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># Leave the smallest gifts for last.
**That's been my Christmas strategy at the age of 4.**

They were all excitedly waiting for me to unwrap the huge *Barbie* house, while I had been secretly observing the smallest - and surely most attractive - present from the corner of my eye.

It was quite clear to me that it had to be saved for last.

### I had zero life experience but already new that most of the time the biggest secrets were kept in the tiniest boxes.

That's how life works after all.

You can get yourself the most expensive car, build the biggest castle around you and travel to the most expensive destination in the world, but none of these steps would ever touch your heart.

**The best things in life are free, but they're not always visible at first sight.**

We're so conditioned by the digital networks and their stereotyped pattern, that it's hart to break out and **see** what's actually happening around us.

Yes, I'm participating in this mad world, too. 

However, if I had to choose between networks and nature, then I'd always opt for the latter. If the whole world was unplugged tomorrow, we'd still have campfires. Don't we?

## I'm grateful for every single sun ray of those who shines on me and makes me feel alive.

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>## Now take a deep breath and see how fulfilling that can be.

*Much love,* 
Marley - 

PS: Who has paid close attention and noticed that I urgently need a new wetsuit? 😁 OOps!

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This blog was created in July 2016, aiming to provide thought-provoking content for open-minded people who go on adventure, step out of comfort zones and embrace the new. 
**Thanks for being part of the journey!** 

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Original content. 📸 Pictures taken with my GoPro Hero 7. Quote found on [quotefancy.com](https://quotefancy.com/quote/861443/Mark-Twain-The-world-doesn-t-owe-you-anything-It-was-here-first).