Live a simple life in Costa Rica.
Time is passing faster than the hands of a clock can rotate around its face. I want to stop the clock, stop the passage of time. Live in the moment.
Yes, live in the moment. Live a simple life of leisure in Costa Rica free of the mounting stress of day to day existence.
I came to retire in Costa Rica, live in a remote mountainous region of Costa Rica. Costa Rica is a tiny country in the middle of a long stretch of land leading from southern Mexico to northern Panama. Here the trees are giants with outstretched arms covering vast mountainsides with streams as wide and deep seemingly as river they flow into. Here people live 100 years in simplicity, free from the modern world of cells phones, fast cars, laptop computers, fast food, and divided families. Here there is a sense of community in harmony with nature.
I came to live off the land, build a house of wood, and help my neighbors. I built the house of wood, planted a garden, established a vineyard, and yes, helped my neighbors.
We planted trees, built a new school, recruited a young doctor, and established a small clinic.
The summer rains came. But only in the late of the day after the tropical sun had warmed everything beneath it.
This is a unique place where I awake to the songs of birds and the smell of pure mountain air.
A True Sanctuary of the Mind!
If you would also like to get off in Costa Rica, Ann welcomes your comments and questions. At end of the post click on comments (although it may say no comments)
i am currently living in delray beach,fl. i am a recovering heroin addict with 17 months clean working a 12 step program. i work daily on humility but with not a strong concentration on emptiness or reality because of this busy society i am growing sick. im a certified diver and have been spearfishing for 10 years. i can hold my breath for 3mins on free dive. i also am very handy installing floors and general contracting for 8 years. i am done runnning the rat race. I WANT OUT. i dont care for anything material or about my future ive learned to live now and working on it. can i be of any assistance to the community? may i help? may i learn? can you teach? can you direct me in any way towards a community that would let outsiders in? i only want to experience what you are! i would love to join your community or if you know any others that needs more please contact!
ReplyDeleteHello Joe, We dont have a community "per say"....however I will tell you that Costa Ricans are very gentle and acceptable people. A tourist visa will keep you legally in Costa Rica for 90 days and then you could take a bus to Panama and stay 72 hours and then re enter Costa Rica for another 90 days. The way it works is that when you enter C Rica your passport is stamped for a 90 day legal stay.
ReplyDeleteYou could probably go to one of the beach tourist areas and find some kind of work (although it is not legal to work in C Rica unless you have a work permit) As I said Costa Ricans will helpful and show courtesy. Life moves in a much slower pace and there is less pressure on a person.
Good luck in your recovery and your future explorations in Costa Rica. costaricalearn