I'm adaptable and transformable. I learned that not knowing is okay. I learned that love is hard. I learned the beauty in the fight, and I learned the beauty of letting things go. I listened to good music. I filled the empty spaces. I maintained a relationship. I looked for beauty. I found it. I opened all the doors and windows, I let someone else take the wheel. I'm becoming me, the real version.

“Deep in the meadow, hidden far away 
A cloak of leaves, a moonbeam ray 
Forget your woes and let your troubles lay 
And when it's morning again, they'll wash away 
Here it's safe, here it's warm 
Here the daisies guard you from every harm 
Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true 
Here is the place where I love you.”

the. hunger. games.

Coney Island Beach Brooklyn, New York City, NY

"Dear book, this is another day in my life. A life is like a book. A book is like a box. A box has six sides. Inside and outside, so, how do you get to what's inside? How do you get what's inside, out? Once upon a time, there lived a very pretty girl, who lived in a beautiful box, and everybody loved her." _GIA

Atlantic Coastal Beach, Belfast ME

"Believing in even the possibility of a happy ending is a very powerful thing."

Avocado Ranch, Carpinteria CA

“You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one.” 

Lake Michigan, Chicago, IL

“Since I grew tired of the chase

And search, I learned to find;

And since the wind blows in my face,

I sail with every wind.”

Castle Island Park, Boston, MA

Nothing too profound, except I received some unexpected inspiration today from a welcoming source,

and I wanted to respond...

Lots of things have been happening lately, and the  majority have been excellent,

all affirmations that I'm becoming more and more of the person I want to be, 

and am working so hard to become.

Thinking about the infinite connections that exist around us.

There is an unlimited source of interactions we are surrounded with,

nature, events, people, places...

Your choices are connected , each one propelling your life into the next.

Your actions are connected, determining your next steps in life...

where you're going, what you're doing.

The sky is connected to the earth, 

the sea is connected to the land,

the sunrise is connected to the sunset.

While you are tramping through the forest of life,

thinking you're battling your own battles, and creating your own destiny,

it never occurs how each footstep is connected to the last.

It's beautiful to me really.

I'd like to draw an invisible line to show all the connections in my life to people, places, events, decisions...

count the lines leading away and following the paths right back to the source.

I can draw them on a map, all my connections to places, and I can see how many tracks are in my rear view mirror.

Sometimes I amaze myself.

Ready to embark on the next adventure, in a new place, with new people...

who knows what's ahead...

I've found the common themes in my life, illustrated here in this blog...

adventure.

beauty.

passion.

love.

There is not other way to live in life, but to search for those things,

grasping on as tight as possible.

finding the balance between being complacent and being unsatisfied.

Appreciating the here and now, never forgetting the past, keep hoping for the future.

Anyways,

back to my inspiration, another connection, made  through the infinite connections in cyberspace,

a blogger with a passion for the beauty in life,

and I'm always inspired by what she has to say

She made me think about a few things...

One time I was asked to describe my "passion for people"

My answer was this:

People fascinate me, because at the basic core everyone is the same.

We  all need life's basics, and function similarly.

We all feel, everyone loves and hurts, 

we search for what makes us happy,

we dedicate parts of ourselves to make others happy.

We give and take back,

we try to make decisions the best we can,

hoping for good outcomes.

This creates a web of connectivity 

that makes every single individual relate-able to the next stranger.

However, every person evolves through their own experiences.

The tragedy and joy in their life,

the people they meet and the places they go.

The choices they make the advice they receive.

We are constantly shifting through the process of self-transformation.

Which makes each of us irreplicable individuals.

So thus creates this juxtaposition of  

being surrounded by beings who we cannot only relate too in our similarities but learn from in our differences..

So this is why I live for the adventure, 

the adventure of the encounters and the unexpected experiences.

I live for the beauty.

The beauty in people, the beauty in nature, the beauty in the evolution of life,

in a smile, in a word, in a picture, in a song.

I live for the passion,

doing what I love as the person I want to be.

Finally-love.

My compass.

Because no matter religion, race, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status,

love is a core characteristic.

It's the ultimate connection, to everything and everyone.

It dominates all ...

having it, losing it, receiving it, sharing it.

The core characteristic shared among every person,

The essence of life.