Changes, because it's worth it

"Love the people who treat you right.

forget about the ones that don't. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance take it, if it changes your life, let it. 

Nobody said it would be easy, they just said it would be worth it"

I saw this text this week and made the decision to remember, repeat and believe in it. 

I also made the decision to take a step out of the province of Quebec and visit Ontario with the destination being Ottawa. First time to do it since I moved here. Great decision and a lovely mini trip as Ottawa is only a bit more than 2 hours away from Montreal, by car that is.

In Ottawa you can find people waiting for the red light to change to green, before they cross the street, just like you can find them in Helsinki.  You can find arrangements for parking that works exactly like they do in Finland and not like they do in Montreal. Small details like this reminded me of the fact that Finns and Britts are closer mentality wise than Finns and French. No surprise but it put a grin on my face during my visit. I felt I got a mini vacation to Ottawa with a kind of a Finnish flavor to it.

What you can find in Ottawa and not in Helsinki is lots and lots of black squirrels. Cute but more shy than the Montreal squirrels. 

The Canadian flag tend to pop out a bit more than the Finnish flag does in either country. 

My trip to Ottawa was my first but hopefully not the last. It didn't change my life but it gave me a reminder of where I started and where I am today. 

Montreal and Helsinki doesn't have a lot in common.  I have in other words been given a chance and decided to take it, it will both change me and my life and I'm going to let it. 

No need to point out the obvious that it will be worth it.