Woman forty, no husband, no baby, no job, no room, what will she do?
There was such a lady, she was forty-two years old, had no husband, no children, no job. The house was also sold and a book was published. At this time, she was free, free from worldly happiness. No need to work from nine to five, no "office politics" troubles, no need to worry about going home late and starving your children.
Gradually, however, she became anxious and troubled. "Where should I go?" Who to follow? The Finnish writer Mia Kankimachi (hereinafter referred to as "Mia") chose to set out to follow in the footsteps of good women and wrote a book of Courage to Set Out.
Mia decided to go to Africa, following in the footsteps of Karen Brixon more than a hundred years ago, to feel the wild nature of Africa. It's a journey that takes courage.
Mia said: "Fear has tied my internal organs, but if I don't have the courage to start, I will never forgive myself." It was with this in mind that Mia contacted Ollie, a Finnish wildlife researcher in Tanzania, Africa. For this Ollie, Mia had only read his books and had a phone call with him three years earlier.
Just this journey, Mia is really brave, to believe in strangers as a start, to run to an unknown journey, really need a lot of courage.
In the Marseille steppes, Mia meets flocks of pink flamingos on the horizon. On the shores of Lake Enduttu, watch elephants picking flowers. After a fantastic journey, Mia returned to her hometown.
After returning from Africa, Mia felt that she had "fallen into the abyss" and that her trip to Africa was like a dream. What's next for Mia?
Mia "meets" Isabella Bird, a travel writer who once suffered from depression, who traveled around the world. Isabella was born in Yorkshire, England in 1831, a time of diligence and dedication required women.
Doctors advised Isabella to try traveling to recover. So Mia followed In Isabella's footsteps and went to Japan.
Travel, not only in the body, but also in the spirit of travel. Go see and hear, and write down what you see and hear. Writing is a process of combing through what you think.
In Japan, Mia wrote the story of the Japanese poet painter Esoma Hoka during the Edo period. In the Edo period, women needed a permit to travel, and the identity of the girl was stated on the travel permit. It is a Taoist girl, a widow or sister of a nobleman, a little girl, or even a corpse.
In an era when women's survival was so difficult, Eima Chose to be a quiet activist. She refused marriage and traveled alone to Kyoto, dedicating her life to painting.
The era of Isabella Bird and Jiang Ma Xiangxiang were difficult times for women to travel and survive, but they were still trying to live the life they wanted, to fight, to pursue the freedom they wanted. In "The Courage to Go", Mia also wrote many such women's stories. Perhaps, your courage is in the next story. #In the name of the book # #Reading # #Toutiao Book Group # #读书笔记 #
