Louisa Light: “I Lived Five Lives in One”

I Counted the Valleys and Forgot the Peaks

Life can be so crazy. How much of ot have you seen yet. Photo of the author.

For decades, I felt lonely and betrayed.

I was betrayed many times. For money. For trust.

I wanted to get rid of this curse. The poverty. The loneliness. It seemed to follow me for more than 20 years.

So I looked at my life closer than ever before.

I found something I did not expect.

I was in these valleys because of my nature.

I am curious.
I take risks.
I am independent, like Columbus.
When people warned me, I did not listen. I thought I knew better.

That nature cost me a lot.

But it also gave me this that most people will never experience:

At 16, I crossed the Alps on a small scooter to Italy and France.
I went to Findhorn.
I studied at Emerson College and the Artistic Therapy Center.

I ran two wholesale businesses, one for environmental products and one for health products.
I traveled around the world.
I flew over 200 times alone with my paraglider in at least four countries.
I co-founded The Hunger Project in Germany.
I did an internship in the San Francisco office.
I learned Esperanto and…