{"product_id":"136054","title":"The courage to leave, the freedom to stop ","description":"\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/tmgdisk01.cafe24.com\/images\/vs\/4172\/sv\/3jYC5ywSm8WqlkPtmk85Y3OF6PeMSR.png?v=1765117051\" style=\"max-width:100%;max-height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:center;font-size:30px;font-weight:bolder;line-height:1.6em\"\u003e The courage to leave, the freedom to stop \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd 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style=\"line-height:1.2em;text-align:center;font-size:18px;color:black;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px;\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/image.yes24.com\/goods\/158979576\/XL\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003ccenter\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003ctd style=\"height:10px\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:95%;{split_style6}padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;padding-bottom:20px\"\u003e Description \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align:left;word-break:break-all;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6em;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eBook Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cb\u003e“When you leave the familiar and stay in the unfamiliar,\u003cbr\u003e Life begins again.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “19 years of living in the UK, starting as a late-blooming student in my mid-30s.\u003cbr\u003e After 13 years in business, I decided to retire semi-retire.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From fear to freedom\u003cbr\u003e A record of one man's courageous life!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"The Courage to Leave, the Freedom to Stop\" is a life notebook written by one person, recording 19 years of immigration to the UK and a new life starting on the island of Crete.\u003cbr\u003e After retirement, the author breaks free from old relationships and the shackles of everyday life and faces himself.\u003cbr\u003e In Crete, an unknown land where fear and excitement intersect, he finally learns the pace of life he truly desires.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book is not a glamorous travelogue.\u003cbr\u003e However, it slowly murmuring the fundamental question, “How should we create a future life that will replace our present life?”\u003cbr\u003e Life as an immigrant, clashes in an unfamiliar culture, confusion about identity, and moments of peace that have returned.\u003cbr\u003e All that time ultimately leads to the paradox that “to leave, you have to stop, and to stop, you have to leave.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The author realizes this as he goes through the time of departure from the perspective of an immigrant, a middle-aged person, and even a human being. \u003cbr\u003eTrue freedom is 'leaving aside the standards set by others, finding your own life, and staying within it.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The Courage to Leave, the Freedom to Stop\" is a guide for all those who wish to temporarily put aside the weight of life they have endured and rediscover themselves.\u003cbr\u003e How beautiful is the courage to leave and the freedom to stop, we quietly share that journey together.\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e You can preview some of the book's contents.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan\u003ePreview\u003c\/span\u003e\n\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003eindex\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e prolog\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePART 1.\u003cbr\u003e Leaving the familiar, standing on an unknown path\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1.\u003cbr\u003e Decide on a semi-retirement\u003cbr\u003e 2.\u003cbr\u003e A sketch of life to be redrawed in Crete\u003cbr\u003e 3.\u003cbr\u003e Airport, Between Fear and Joy\u003cbr\u003e 4.\u003cbr\u003e Life doesn't go as planned.\u003cbr\u003e 5.\u003cbr\u003e Hardship, Perseverance, and New Hope\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePART 2.\u003cbr\u003e Me in a new puzzle called Britain\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1.\u003cbr\u003e The shift from a digital to an analog society\u003cbr\u003e 2.\u003cbr\u003e Crete's Revealed Past, My Secret Past\u003cbr\u003e 3. \u003cbr\u003eA Stranger's Lament in England\u003cbr\u003e 4.\u003cbr\u003e A society in the UK that needs brokers\u003cbr\u003e 5.\u003cbr\u003e Freedom and Pride Asked at the Tomb of Nikos Kazantzakis\u003cbr\u003e 6.\u003cbr\u003e Zorba the Greek: My Connection with Literature\u003cbr\u003e 7.\u003cbr\u003e The life of possession and the life of being, as conceived in Knossos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePART 3.\u003cbr\u003e Illuminating Life in Crete\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1.\u003cbr\u003e The moment the sea spoke to me, Agios Nikolaos\u003cbr\u003e 2.\u003cbr\u003e The Off-Season of Life: Conditions for Retirement\u003cbr\u003e 3.\u003cbr\u003e The Desire for Luxury and Its Aftereffects\u003cbr\u003e 4.\u003cbr\u003e Memories of partnership brought to mind by poetry\u003cbr\u003e 5.\u003cbr\u003e Trace Equilisies, Variations on Love and Life\u003cbr\u003e 6.\u003cbr\u003e What happens when life gets leisurely at Hohel Beach?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePART 4.\u003cbr\u003e Everyday faces encountered in a foreign land\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1.\u003cbr\u003e Why I Bought a House in England: A Recollection from Balus Beach\u003cbr\u003e 2.\u003cbr\u003e A second home built with the goal of survival in mind\u003cbr\u003e 3.\u003cbr\u003e A day off the schedule, facing vanity\u003cbr\u003e 4.\u003cbr\u003e The elephant I met on the sea after closing down my business\u003cbr\u003e 5.\u003cbr\u003e The heavy bills of everyday life encountered at Rethymnon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePART 5.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDays of standing up again after overcoming my wavering mind and body\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1.\u003cbr\u003e The Sea of ​​Europe, the birthplace of my resolve\u003cbr\u003e 2.\u003cbr\u003e Romance and reality, in Hernisonissos\u003cbr\u003e 3.\u003cbr\u003e Goats climb trees, children's lives are also difficult.\u003cbr\u003e 4.\u003cbr\u003e Hospitality from the 2,400-year-old plane tree in Krasi\u003cbr\u003e 5.\u003cbr\u003e Health certificate received from Mount Ida, the highest peak in Crete\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePART 6.\u003cbr\u003e The meaning of family rediscovered on the path of life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1.\u003cbr\u003e Two VIPs in Crete\u003cbr\u003e 2.\u003cbr\u003e A compass called Son in the waves\u003cbr\u003e 3.\u003cbr\u003e The boat cut through the waves, and I came face to face with my father.\u003cbr\u003e 4.\u003cbr\u003e Looking at the children's trip to London\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePART 7.\u003cbr\u003e Again, go to tomorrow\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1.\u003cbr\u003e Ohi Day, the excitement of the student parade takes you to the East Coast.\u003cbr\u003e 2.\u003cbr\u003e One night in a junior suite\u003cbr\u003e 3.\u003cbr\u003e Doing Business in the UK: From Beginning to End\u003cbr\u003e 4.\u003cbr\u003e A Journey Back: Becoming an Unexpected Building Owner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1.\u003cbr\u003e The Story of Crete Rewritten in 1,500 Characters\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2.\u003cbr\u003e Crete in a Day, 7 Car Courses\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ch5\u003e \u003cb\u003ePublisher's Review\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e“Leaving is not the end, but the starting point of returning to myself.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Under the Cretan sun,\u003cbr\u003e A second life blossomed there\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The message that “The Courage to Leave, the Freedom to Stop” wants to convey is clear.\u003cbr\u003e At any point in life, it is only when you step outside your comfort zone that you can truly be yourself.\u003cbr\u003e When you believe in yourself and take a step forward despite your fears, freedom becomes not a destination but the very process of living.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The landscape of Crete reflected my life like a mirror.\u003cbr\u003e There, I looked back at my past choices, desires, and the me that couldn't stop.\u003cbr\u003e - From “Illuminating Life in Crete”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With this book, which makes us pause and reflect on our familiarity, how about slowly crossing the inner sea today? \u003cbr\u003eLike the Cretan sunshine, these gentle yet strong sentences will provide comfort and courage that will warm 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