Of practically everything.
Recently I've discovered a newfound appreciation for the world and life and every little aspect of everything; but why did it take me so long? I think I just needed the time to bring it all together.
Everyday I remember something. The moment I saw mountains for the first time, the way the air smelled, the way my senses tingled and welcomed in the foreign experience. I remember landscapes. I remember oceans. I remember the way my heart pounded as I walked through the streets of a country thousands of miles from home. I wasn't scared, nervous, or even particularly excited.
I was in awe.
I remember it too. What else could I possibly have felt? The world is so big and so mysterious and so THERE. It's there it's here it's NOW and it took me a while to see this but there is so much more. I don't want to sound cliché but that's the only way I can think to put it.
We have to stop complaining. Things get hard, yes. You get stressed out, yes. I know all about stress and pain and exhaustion and I know the feeling of wanting to just stop. Mentally and physically. Don't think, don't do, just be. But there is no time to just "be", not even for a second. THERE IS A WORLD. WE ARE INSIDE OF IT (or should I say on it?). There is life and there is love and there is adventure and there is mystery and there is anything and everything you could possibly imagine.
There are mountains. There are sunsets. There is music. There are cities. There are cafés. There are people in cafés. Maybe your new bestfriend, your old bestfriend, your first kiss, your next kiss, or just a stranger who happens to be smart enough to help you with that one problem you just can't seem to solve.
There is always someone or something new and inviting. A new opportunity. A new adventure.
I'm not preaching, I swear. I didn't have the same childlike wonder in my view of things at first, but once you let yourself marvel at the fact that you're alive, even if only for a second, it makes all the difference. Just have a perspective. Notice differences. Notice details. Notice people. Notice words.
Notice your feelings.
Write them down. Scream them out. Go up to that one person and tell them that one thing because the world is yours and your life is yours and everything is beautiful and exciting if you let it be.
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