Lucky

After a long journey, I just arrived in Thailand to train my favorite martial arts (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai) for the coming weeks. I'm exhausted from the journey. Traveling for more than 24 hours is tough, but combine it with being sleep-deprived and you have a potent mood-killer. This can make you gloomy even though you're in paradise. In these moments it's important to take a step back and see how incredibly lucky one is: I'm in one of the most beautiful countries in the world, healthy, being able to train the sport that I love, meeting new people that might turn into friendships of a lifetime.

Gratitude goes a long way – much further than you think.