Everyday

by Lori C. Brown | 2009

Days are getting warmer on the island, and peace seems to be in the wind.

The island is inspirational, and so are the people in it.

I learn something new everyday.

I find something new everyday.

And I feel something new everyday.

I have been blessed; and though not everyday is perfect, through that imperfection comes new meaning. I realize that it is all about growing and learning.

Some painful things have happened back home for me, but all is ok, and I understand why (this took time of course). Like a fellow expat told me on the island and as the true saying goes, "Time heals all wounds." And so it has.

Weakness, pain, and its memories are not deficits, but the facilitator to our strengths, bliss and insights.

Everyday seems to help me believe. Whether it be one of my students trying to have a full-blown conversation with me because they want to speak to me in English, or the days I stop and become enchanted by the island, the days I explore and see more amazement and intrigue, when I meet someone new, or even those looooong days where I just want to pass out; as I digest it all everyday. There is not a single moment of any day that I am not grateful. That I do not sit back and take a mental picture and say thank you.

Everyday we must breathe, everyday we must be grateful, and everyday we must believe.

When we have followed our truest happiness, our truest selves; been in service to our inner and, equally as important, our outer world, then you will feel the balance.

Know that love is not a dream, a fantasy, a hope or a person. It's not on the left or right side of you, or always seeming to pass you by. Love is you. It lives in you, and once you accept all of which you are; the good and the bad, you will feel it and see it. And be able to give it to others fully, without losing yourself in it or losing yourself without it.

Let yourself LIVE...

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