Nomad life: All the money in this world couldn’t make us this rich

On the same day, we got an email from hosts on Vancouver Island and another one from Portland. On WhatsApp, the alert that there are new messages in the groups we created with a friend from Windsor, and with a friend from Boston. There is also a message from Melbourne. Notifications appear on Facebook, and hosts from San Francisco and London commented on our photo.

We went through the Instagram feed and liked the photos of New Zealander friends who went to visit Italy, and of Canadian friends who went to Morocco. We went for a walk with a friend from California, English as a language, and halfway through, we stopped to speak to someone in Spanish. A call comes from Paris, and at least ‘bonjour’ is already said with the confidence of those who are studying a new language. We went to Brooklyn to have dinner with an Indian friend as photos and messages from our loved ones in Brazil popped on our cell phones.

Writer Letícia Mello, from Do For Love Project, has a quote that we really like:

‘Not even with all the money in the world, I would have everything I have inside now’.

We couldn’t agree more. Money does buy airplane tickets and the internet to stay connected. But that, alone, doesn’t make us rich. What makes us billionaires is knowledge, the sparkle in the eyes, dreams coming true, and love. The rest is just paper in the wallet.