MY HAPPY PLACE | Life in the Azores
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- Опубликовано: 10 апр 2021
- I always thought that the ocean is my happy place and it certainly makes me very happy to see, feel and smell the salty sea, but while sitting by the ocean I was reminded of my true happy place. I am my happy place.
I hope you enjoy. Thank you for watching!
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Thanks to Epidemic Sound and the contributing artists for providing me with great music for this video.
Song credits:
Ciaran Delany - Readers
Ciaran Delany - Aleph
Eric Feinberg - Searching for Solace
Gabriel Lewis - Warm Embrace
It is Rahel.
Last year i went tot Graciosa.
And all the worries, stress and pain Just vanished as a cloud.
Especially during this Covid Period..
( I'm a nurse).
It's been a stressing and dramatic year...
And September is Just a step away ..
Greetings.. ( and good health)..
I can't imagine the stress you had and have to deal with especially in these times, but I'm sure there are many people who a very grateful for you doing what you do!
Im happy for you, you deserve some peace and quiet.
We are all on a journey home, some know it, but most are lost in mental delusions. Being content in our own skin is our greatest achievement.
You are reaching home, your way. Probably you lived many lives as a seeker or artist, poet, probably alone for most of them.
Blessings sister.
Thank you for your words, John! Wishing you all the best.
I love those birds song in the night, and I love the way you express yourself with words, I am really impressed.
It is also a lot nice here in the Philppines, the gecko sounds in the night, I love ut, but many hate them cause they're loudly, hehe.
But I wake up a lot in the nights anyway, nightmares, but do not feel sorry for it, I have it better now than the last 41 years, now I am 50, but I feel young even I have gone up 10-15 kg after the pandemic started. But meybe i needed some of those kg anyway, because I was so slim before.
I'm glad you enjoy the sound of the Cory's Shearwater. They are so special. I have seen geckos but I have never heard them. How wonderful that they make sounds! I didn't know, I would love to hear them one day.
I'm sorry that you suffer from nightmares. Be kind to yourself and take good care.
And I'm sorry that you were not able to reach me so far, you can try to send me a private message on Instagram.
Thank you for your poetic, spiritual, and transcendental videos of my birthplace.. saudades!!
You are very welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Another beautiful video! I always have a feeling of peace watching your videos. I bet spring is amazing there with all the flowers blooming!
Thank you Mark, for your words. It makes me very happy that you feel the peace which i try to bring across. Actually there are different flowers blooming at different times of the year, even in autumn and winter, but i will try to capture a little more of it in my future videos. I hope everything went well with your visa.
Some situations between people gives us hope.
And what also inspires is watching beatifull images of a happy place..
A place that we Both share..
I'm always hoping for a new one....
Thank you Rahel..
You are very welcome!
Ola Rahel,
Like the comentaries before me. Thank you again for an inspiring video.
Sometimes we have to accept that for some questions thers are no answers......
Don't have to explain how unpredictable life is..
For me The azores were more than a Happy place..
Where on Pico's north side is that sandy beach ?
Can't wait to see more of your (ours) happy place..
Greetings...
Ola Jorge. Thank you for another lovely message!
How wonderful that you feel that your happy place is the Azores and that feel inspired by this video!
The sandy beach is (sometimes) in Prainha de Baixo.
Sending you best wishes!
Thank you for your answer.
I looked it up ( the beach)
Finally also here in Holland the sun and temperature greets is..
I've booked nu flight ( Faial) for September...
But i also will set foot in Pico..
Enjoy..
@@jorgevalentin2014 congratulations on booking your flight! I'm sure that must be very exciting to have a date of return. I'm happy for you!
We all have a happy place. It is a place where we can be ourselves without being judged. I like to walk Helga. She is a big dog. For some reason she always gets most of my caciola sandwich! A happy place is anyplace you feel comfortable.
That's so adorable! I love that you have such a close relationship with Helga and that you share your sandwich with her, melts my heart! I agree, a happy place is oftentimes a safe space where we can fully be ourselves.
👍😎💨🌱🌱🌱✌️🤛 Keep Calm & Relax... Anandamide AZORES. Another great video keep doing what your doing... all the Best.
Thank you for your encouragement, Antonio!
Great job 👏! Your words & beautiful videos are so inspiring ! Don’t give up. Please continue the journey! You are helping yourself & others ❤️
Laurinda, I'm very grateful for your lovely comment and your encouraging words, they make me feel motivated and appreciated, so thank you!
Thank you 🌞💕 deep feeling
You are very welcome!
being not unhappy is easy... always being happy is impossible...we have a homeostasis, emotionally
Just came here to say that I love your videos. We moved to Pico after sailing for over 10 years, and when it was time to put the anchor down, We could not think of a better place to float on a rock in the middle of the ocean. Real. Earthy. Welcoming. This is our paradise :)
Thank you, Niv, for stopping by and leaving me a message, it means a lot and it makes me very happy to hear that you love my videos!
And how wonderful that after everything you have seen and all the places you have been to, you chose to be here and we get to share this very special rock in the middle of the ocean. Happiness is the only thing the multiplies when you share it, isn't it?
Beautiful video and thanks for the Cagarros!
You are very welcome, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Your videos are such great therapy... Fantastic vistas, the sea, excellent music and some very wise thoughts!
And love those Shearwaters!
Thank you, Dale. I'm so glad you found it therapeutic and enjoyed these special birds!
Hello Rahel, it's me again. I have been watching your videos. This is one of my favorite ones. You are absolutely right:, "My happy place is not a place. It is a feeling." and all the things you say about feelings. This is so incredibly important. I applaud you for finding this now, at your young age, for accepting and for validating yourself. Rahel, you are living, thinking and feeling the way we were meant to live. What a breath of fresh air you are. Thank you for this video.
Have a wonderful Sunday
Eve (aka Malgozata)
Hello Eve. I feel so blessed that you have found my videos and that you take the time to watch them and really listen to the thoughts I share. It truly means the world to me. I'm very much looking forward to any future message from you and I'm curious to know what you think of my other videos. I wish you the best rest of your weekend and the most wonderful start to your week. Sending you a big hug. Rahel
Hello Rahel, i am very happy to have found your channel too. I will watch all of your videos and will comment when i have something to say.
I did watch your most recent video, saw your cat (similar to mine) and your morning routine. Thank you. I am curious. I always love to see people's homes, their inner rooms, so to speak. But you are right, your home includes the world beyond volcanic brick walls. I am also curious. You have not made that many videos. What do you do for money when not making videos. How do you live?
More comments later. Ha, ha.
Eve
@malgozata1875 I feel similar, I also am very curious and love to see other people's homes and how they live their everyday.
I am a very private person though, so I rarely invite people into my home in real life and I haven't felt comfortable to invite my online community into my home. Not yet, that might change one day eventually.
It is interesting that you perceive 50 videos as not a lot. Understandably if I look at how much other creatives create. For me personally 50 videos in 4years is A LOT. It takes me in average two weeks to create one video: the research for the right music, finding a day which has the right colors and light conditions which I have envisioned for my filming, the filming itself, the thought process about the "theme of the video" and all the inner work which comes with it, the editing, writing the text, narrating, changing my mind, editing again. It is a lot of work and usually I can't create back to back. After uploading I need to step away from any creative work for a week to reset. Sometimes also life gets in the way or I experience creative ruts and most importantly I'm not choosing a different type of work to hustle the same way like I would in a traditional job. I currently make my living by creating these videos. I have a tiny community over on the platform Patreon where very sweet human beings choose to support my work financially either monthly or just once. It is a very unstable way of making a living because it clearly fluctuates a lot and I really don't have much money, there are definitely months where I really struggle but like that I'm completely independent of algorithms and numbers and I can create how it feels right for me and not loose this immense joy I feel when creating videos out of my heart.
@@RahelStadler Hello Rahel, thank you for explaining. I appreciate it. I don't realize how much work goes into making videos because I have never done that. It takes a lot out of you and it is hustle and bustle. I said that 50 videos were "few" because I did not know how you could support yourself with such a number. What I hear of youtube, they pay very little for the videos and that's why volume is needed. Also, to get patreon support you need to be seen, so once again the volume of videos helps. I did not mean it as a put down, but more as a concern. Sorry, if it came across this way. And, I understand about your home. I myself only show specific walls to the world, not the entire house. Ha, ha.
I was wondering, is it ok to email you? Please be honest with yourself and with me. If you don't feel comfortable right now or ever, I completely understand. I just asked because we seem to have a lot to say and it will easier. I will still leave comments on your videos and welcome your replies, especially since it helps your channel. think about it and when you are ready, let me know.
Eve
@malgozata1875 don't worry I didn't take it as a put down. You are right youtube doesn't pay much unless the numbers are high, that's why a lot of RUclipsrs do brand deals and or burn out . It's true I also need a certain exposure to get Patreon support and I still believe that I will get a bit more support with time.
Of course you can send me an email. It would be a pleasure to exchange in a different way. Feel free to write me anytime: rahel-stadler@outlook.com
Awesome video, really nice work!!! Congratulations!! Dankeschön!!
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed.
Another lovely video Rahel---thank you. It looks cold there now...or is it the wind?
My Portuguese bank account was just approved last Friday 🤯🤩...now just the packing...it's coming together. ETA August or September. I am looking for a safe place to disconnect from technology, to recharge and remember myself---that girl that loves camping, spider hunting, microscopes, tide pool study, learning and teaching others.🏞💞 much love from Texas
Hey. So good to hear from you again. I enjoy very much to follow your journey and I'm so happy for you that things are coming together and excited that you are going to do what feels good to you.
Thank you for sharing please keep on doing so.
About the weather. It is so unpredictable. As you can see in the video, one day I'm in a Tshirt one day later with a jacket and a hat. When the sun is out it's really warm but as soon as it's cloudy or/and a lot of wind and humidity i can feel significantly colder. And that can change several times a day. But this is normal here, all year around weather can change very quickly.
Much love back to Texas🤍
@@RahelStadler thanks for the weather details!
Stay comfortable!
Ellen
@@egrace3738 always a pleasure talking to you, Ellen!
Hi Rahel - sorry about the late comment (I have been trying to balance the amount of time spent watching youtube videos as I found I was spending increasingly more time watching different postings...). This video, like all of your videos - is like a work of Art: the attention to detail - like the lava pebbles rattling on the beach, your words, etc. All Beautiful. (We heard those shearwater noises for the first time on Flores and thought terrible things were happening outside, you can imagine our relief to be told the next morning that the noise was made by those birds...). I originally had thought that was the bird on the Azores flag but no - it is the golden goshawk... learn something new every day. Take care. Charles
Hello Charles. It's all good. I did notice that you haven't commented but i was sure that you had your reasons and didn't take it personally. And trying to decrease your time spent watching RUclips Videos is definitely laudable and i totally agree that it's a healthy approach.
I'm happy you noticed and point out the lava pebbles rattling on the beach and thanks for making me laugh "thought terrible things were happening outside"- yes, totally! If these sounds catch you off-guard for the first time, the assumptions are limitless.
Thank you for words. Wishing you all the best!
The Sound(s) of Nature...
Wonderful bird singing, some of them it looks like Aboriginal singing in Numbulwar...
That's so beautiful that you felt reminded of Aboriginal singing in Numbulwar. It's both very special!
Another great video so relaxing.
Thank you, Armenio. Im happy you enjoyed!
I love this message so much. It’s important to find that feeling of home within ourselves. It’s not easy! There’s a lot in culture, upbringing, etc. that goes against that, but that’s what healing and coming home to ourselves is all about 🙏🏽❤️🌱✨ always missing the azores~ thanks for sharing!
Thank you for your beautiful message! I agree, it's not easy and there is a lot which goes against it, but it's worth it to at least try to find the home within ourselves, don't you think?
Beautifully filmed. Can watch these again and again. Those Cory shearwaters - one of my favourite memories of the Azores. Also love how you captured the changing clouds - also something special from the Azores. And the prose - deep and thought provoking.
Thank you, Keith for your kind words, I'm glad you enjoy watching and listening!
And thank you, Keith for the appreciation of my words.
Beautiful, many thanks.
Thank you so much, Nick!
@@RahelStadler You are most welcome Rahel, my son and I will be in Pico in July for a new adventure, working on our cottage and garden by the sea', we plan to move out full-time as soon as he finishes school in a few years. Hope to meet up one day :)
@@nickcusack5712 oh how wonderful! That sounds like a very beautiful adventure, especially that you get to share all of it with your son! Keep me posted how you are doing with your project in the summer.
thank you for such a beautiful video...warm hugs from India 🥰🙏
You are most welcome. It makes me so happy that you liked this one. Sending my warmest wishes from the Azores to India 💛🙏
Your videos,and your voice are very relaxing, I am also from the Azores,spend my summers in my summer place,in Terceira, Thank You for for your wonderful videos,I miss the sounds of the Ocean,and the sound of the births at night,they are called cagarros,they look like a seagull,thanks again from Canada,and enjoy your happy place,where Nature Rules.
Thank you so much, Fernando! It makes me very happy to hear that you find it so relaxing.
Unfortunately i have only been to Terceira very briefly, but how wonderful that you have a summer place there. You are right the Cagarros can be easily confused with Seagulls when they just sit on the water but once they are flying you can see a big difference. The Cagarros are so much more graceful once they fly, don't you think? Best wishes to Canada!
When I hear those birds at night, I know I'm in the right place.
I agree, i feel the same. Aren't they just amazing ?
@@RahelStadler They are amazing birds but I think they have a problem with artificial light. I believe it blinds them temporarily. One time I was on Pico and saw one literally fly into a street light until it crashed. Poor thing.
@@kevbocat5621 they do loose their orientation with artificial light because they are naturally guided by the moonlight. So in particular lights of cars are especially dangerous to them but also any other lights might make them end up in places they shouldn't be. There is an organization here called 'SOS Cagarro' which is driving around during the night and tries to find the birds who got lost and eventually bring them back to the rocks close to the shore or the sea in the morning where they belong, because they are seabirds.
It's quite sad that we as humans disturb wildlife in such a profound way by simply having artificial lights.
Olá, mais um maravilhoso vídeo, como todos aqueles que nos habituou. Duas ilhas se avistam, Faial e São Jorge, onde nasci. Quando as cagarras e os cagarros voltarem...
aqui estão eles, que vozes cantantes lá no céu! Uma sinfonia fantástica! Desejo ver os garajaus. Grata pelos comentários, suavidade de vocabulário e voz.
Obrigada, Maria for you lovely comments!
I agree the singing of the Cagarros is really fantastic, it puts a smile on my face every day. I really miss them in the winter.
@@RahelStadler Yes! A smile on my face too. Thanks! Come to Terceira Island later, to see "Algar do Carvão" and others places. I believe that it is possible next summer, the pandemic problem may be more, and more tranquility. I'm sorry my english.
@@mariaamorim6765 thank you for making the effort to write in English. I'm sorry about my poor Portuguese knowledge. I only have been to Terceira for one day. I would love to experience more of it!
Wonderful, darling. You're so authentic. I'm proud of you for following your heart and sharing yourself with the world. ❤️
Aww thank you, Hella!❤️
I very much appreciate you saying that. I'm so grateful that i get to walk through life with you. To have you by my side is such a gift!
I was really happy to catch a view of Santo Amaro in your video. Thats my happy place :)
Hey Brian. Oh yes it's true, i totally forgot about your place in Santo Amaro. I'm glad that i unintentionally captured your happy place! Sending you best wishes.
incredible, every moment of it.
That's so sweet of you! I'm glad you enjoyed.
Soothing images and sounds. The Sea is my happy place.Thank you Rahel.
Thank you, Jorge. And thank you for sharing your happy place!
WUNDERVOLL!!! Danke für dieses tolle Video!
Ich vermisse die Azoren so, so sehr und bin dir arg dankbar für deine Videos🖤
Hab mich noch nie so wohl und geerdet gefühlt wie auf diesen Inseln mitten im Atlantik 🤗
Happy NewMoon und hab einen guten Start in die neue Woche!
Hallo! Vielen lieben Dank für deine so lieben und ehrlichen Worte🤍
Es tut mir Leid, dass du eine solche Sehnsucht hast, aber ich bin sicher, du schaffst es wieder hierhin!
Aber wie schön, dass du überhaupt ein solch wundervolles und intensives Gefühl empfunden hast, als du auf den Azoren warst. Das alleine ist doch schon unheimlich viel wert und das kann dir auch keiner mehr nehmen! Ich bin froh, dass ich dir mit meinen Videos irgendwie beistehen kann. Alles Gute wünsche ich dir!
Very good. Thank You. Thank You.
You are very welcome, Jan.
Pico is awesome! Nice video!
The first sandy beach you show is Prainha?
Thank you, Paulo! Yes the beach is in Prainha.
Was waiting for it :)
That's so nice to hear🙂
Such a unique funny sound :) thank you for sharing
It is indeed a very unique and funny sound, im happy you enjoyed listening to them.
Azores ❤❤❤
Thank you for sharing this with me, being at a place of wonder..:-)
It makes me question, whether it is possible as you've said here, by a certain place to make me 'free'..?
The feelings as usual do come together with my thoughts, thoughts which are the outcome of accumulated knowledge, experienced learned and studied for.
It might be good knowledge, or bad knowledge.
But..should I 'follow' knowledge ( or the outcome as feelings from them) to become 'happy'?
Does this "following" ( whatever it is I have chosen..) make me Free, Joyful and Complete?
Thanks again for the post, and moment..:-)
Thank you, Thomas for sharing your thought process in such detail. I appreciate it.
When I'm talking about a certain place i do not necessarily mean a physical place, more so an internal place. And yes i do believe that it is possible to have a place internally where you can feel free.
I believe there are two different types of feelings. There are feelings which are directly influenced by our thoughts and by our external influences and knowledge. But then there are feelings which are usually deeply buried and often not easily accessible because the other feelings and thoughts are usually louder.
These feelings is our intuition, our instincts our inner voice...however you wanna name it. Our intuition is always there but often we get very disconnected from ourselves and we often distrust ourselves because we loose the skill of understanding the language of our inner voice. To relearn it and to trust in it, is hard work and takes dedication and time, but it's worth it. Trusting yourself and your intuition and being able to provide yourself with answers without needing to think about it holds a lot of peace. So i definitely believe that following your inner voice is the key to feel free, joyful and complete.
@@RahelStadler , thanks for your quick response, and open thoughts!
I understand the description of two different kinds of feeling, and I experienced them very well.
( but it bothers me, not being only one!)
You see.., my thoughts and thinking makes a separation obvious, while in discovery, deeply, there is only one..
Not being Shure now, I would say: the feelings themselves are the same (from me, without name).
The difference is to find in the reason or cause..
Which means without this reason or cause ( from me, with a name) the feeling stands free, unconditioned, which is then the feeling of beauty and grace.
One day I have heard someone say: that which does not have a cause, is what we all are longing for..
I might have to loose some more programming, before I 'see' this in myself :-) , but I have the advantage over the society, I am Life it self. :-)
Thanks again for the moment! Till next post?
@@ThomiX0.0 you are very welcome. Thank you for the exchange of thoughts.
I believe that the fact that it bothers you is a good thing, that means that you know which direction you want to head at. And not everybody knows that to begin with.
I believe acceptance and patience is a big part of this process.
Learning how to connect to ourselves is a long process, it can not be another mission we want to 'achieve', tick of our list and become successful in.
It is very likely that connecting with ourselves is a life long journey. So we better enjoy the process and embrace also being disconnected at times.
Sometimes we might be better in listening to ourselves and then there might be phases where we seem to be more far away from ourselves. And that's ok. It's not about becoming perfect in anything. It's about becoming more aware and accepting the imperfections as part of the whole.
@@RahelStadler ,sharp but forgiving :-)
Perfection is seen trough the trains side-window, interesting..but never the goal.
I passed it a hundred times.. but still want to sit upfront..:)
(..so much for a quiet island..)
Hi Rahel.
Are you doing ok ?
I' made it to Faial,.
And monday i'll be at you're happy place..
Yes .Pico..
After 20 years i finally be back ..
So emotional moment....
Greetings. Jorge..
Hey Jorge. How wonderful! I'm very happy for you. Enjoy!
your voice is like meryl streep's voice in '' out of africa" . you'd like that movie.. also ''west with the night'' by beryl markham... there is peace in those books.
Hello Brian. Unfortunately i don't know neither 'out of africa' nor 'west with the night' but i will look into it. Thank you for sharing!
your videos get to the basic truths about existence and life, so there are no lies and no errors of fact. this is very unusual on youtube. You understand why i say that.. and i think this video in particular discusses and shows that essential truth more than your previous ones, its just that your previous ones were about some additional things about the island and your activities. but one has be to able to sit and be and find peace in that, otherwise are we really ever at peace ? you talk a lot about your lack of success with the system in Germany. and you have had an amazing period in your life since you first left Germany. Im 64 and had a lot of success in the american typical life , the opposite of you, and now the successes have imprisoned my freedom to some extent. what i want to live is what you have achieved after only 31 years. Its ironic, lack of success can lead to personal fulfilment , success leads to other peoples fulfillment. i hope you realize the specialness of your path so far. i wish you the very best and hope to see you on Pico one day.
Brian, thank you so much for this beautiful message, it truly means a lot to me.
Thank you for your appreciation and sharing your point of view.
And how interesting that you bring up the word success. I have been thinking about that word and it's meaning quite a lot lately and reading your words really inspires me to dig deeper and who knows maybe i might talk about it in another video, so thank you for bringing it up.
I'm sorry to hear that you feel like your success stole your freedom. But it's never to late to get it back. If you feel the need to free yourself go on that journey. And i hope you don't regret any decision that you have made in your past, im convinced that you had to go that way to end up with the awareness you have now.
And it's very precious that you know now what you want and how you wanna live. Don't underestimate that. Everything happens for a reason.
Wishing you all the best!
Like - "I am my happy place."
Thank you, Arnold. Im glad this sentence resonates with you.
Nice video
Thank you!
Wow those birds sound like evil leprechauns planning their attack! 😜
Haha, yes i can totally relate to your impression that these birds sound quite outlandish. Especially if you hear them for the first time.
When i first heard that sound i didn't even know that i was birds and it took me quite some time to figure it out. You can try it with your friends and family, play the sounds for them and let them guess what it is without telling them, that it's birds. The suggestions are usually hilarious 😉
What are the locals like? I imagine they are very friendly.
Yes they are very friendly and they definitely have their own culture since they are living so remotely on small islands.
@@RahelStadler If the Harpazo doesn't happen soon, I'd like to visit a few of the islands. They remind me of Hawai'i in the 70's.
@@sporqfoon5989 I have heard that the Azores are similar to Hawaii a few times now, they call it the Hawaii of Europe.
Hey , how can I contact you?
Hey. You can contact me on my official Facebook page or on Instagram.