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Tales of a Female Nomad
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Tales of a Female Nomad (2001) (edit title/settings)

Living at Large in the World

by Rita Golden Gelman (Author) (edit contributors)

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“I move throughout the world without a plan, guided by instinct, connecting through trust, and constantly watching for serendipitous opportunities.” —From the Preface Tales of a Female Nomad is the story of Rita Golden Gelman, an ordinary woman who is living an extraordinary existence. At... read more

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  • “I have adapted in many ways to the pace and style of living in Bali, but I will never be a Balinese woman, or a Mexican or a Nicaraguan. I can live in other cultures, celebrate their rites, love their children, but I must constantly remind myself that my background will always slant the way I see things. When I am tempted to change who they are or rush what they are becoming, it is time to move on.”
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  • Once I leave the U.S., I am not bound by the rules of my culture. And when I am a foreigner in another country, I am exempt from the local rules. This extraordinary situation means that there are no rules in my life. I am free to live by the standards and ideals and rules I create for myself.
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  • As an observer, I am particularly interested in watching women, married, divorced, single. So many of them are trapped in lives they think they must live, in roles they have come to resent, with little joy and no laughter. They’ve “settled.” They’ve compromised. They’ve learned to adjust.
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  • Rich or poor, you must seek happiness in your own world. We can all reach the same happiness, but you must go in your world and I must go in mine. That is life.
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  • But I’m not running away. I’m running toward . . . toward adventure, toward discovery, toward diversity.
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  • I have learned that silence is a way of hearing the voices within and of exploring unexpressed and nascent thoughts and feelings. I have come to enjoy sitting in a group where no one is speaking. It is an introspection enhanced by a silent group energy that works its way from the outside to the internal soul.
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  • Over the next years I will meet other people whose lives are devoted to great causes but whose sensitivity to individuals, including their families, is defective.
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  • My spirit gets nourished in faraway places. Sometimes I wonder if it’s a biological need, perhaps a biological flaw, that compels me to seek the excitement and challenge that comes of being in a place where nobody knows me.
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  • People often ask me how I have managed to have so many interesting people-experiences in my nomadic wanderings. It’s because I trust; I always have. It’s not something that has developed with experience, though perhaps with constant reinforcement I do it more often. I’ve never been disappointed, though I’ve sometimes been surprised. I know there’s a risk, but it’s one I’m willing to take. My life is constantly enriched because I trust people.
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  • During the last two months I have discovered parts of me I didn’t know were there: the part that can embrace strangers and enrich my life through knowing them, the part that enjoys making independent decisions, and the part that adores living spontaneously.
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I am living someone else's life.

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  1. Rita Golden Gelman (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Crown
Country: United States
Publication Date: May 22, 2001
ISBN: 0609606425
Page Count: 320

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