Here.
Until that day you came along.
The day you came home.
Everything changed.
This is always something that I think about when I try and search my memory for the reasons why I think about the questions in life that matter to me.
And I always return to having my children.
Which in turn, always makes me realize, that I'm not always right.
But I've always decided to lean a bit differently than the norm for the directions in life where I want to focus my energy. At the end of the day, I always find it interesting that the future that we imagine is not always the future we create — and vice versa.
So dream bigger. Dream stupid. Dream abstract, complex, and completely outside the box.
That is where the good stuff is.
Isn't that what we are all searching for?
At least in my case, I'd like to think that's what I'm searching for.
And the more I think about these things, the more I realize that I've also been traveling quite a bit lately. Which, in my opinion, is one of the most mind-expanding things a person can do. There is something so beautiful about being somewhere new, or out of your comfort zone, or just different.
New people.
Old friends.
Lovers.
Colleagues.
People you used to party with.
Whatever it may be.
But the feelings and emotions that come from it are always the ones that truly inspire.
Free yourself.
Your mind, your body, and your soul from the daily monotony. And you’ll find that it opens up your mind to make different connections and see deeper synchronicities in our lives than we normally would.
Not only does this impact our future, it also reconnects us our past and reminds us how much we've truly progressed in life, and in time. Where we've gone since we were last here… or there… or anywhere.
And honestly… it’s bliss.
This life is a beautiful journey.
Filled with opportunity, beauty, friends, music, food, art, culture, scenery, and everything in between.
Truly everything.
Allow it to encompass you, and you'll be baffled that you're actually here.
Not there.
Not anywhere else.
Just here.
Just now… and that is beautiful.
Like a bookmark in the story of your life.
Or more like a dog-eared page.
One where you notice the beauty in a sentence and stop so clearly to enjoy it, that you fold the page and just pause and take it all in.
This creates a permanent little pause in the chapter of your life where everything resets just for a moment. I find that these are the moments that we will enjoy the most when we look back at the grand scheme of life.
Once you keep moving, those pauses will always be there to remind you of the beauty that you have experienced. Like mile markers on the endless highway of life. You can return to them anytime you need a reminder.
So document everything.
Take endless photos, videos, journals, memories, dinners, lunches, sound walks, whatever you please. But whatever you do, please don't stop. Don't settle for the “just okay”.
Life is exactly what you make it.
And you can make it anything you want.
Trust me.
I know…
because I'm with you.
Right now, in this very moment, doing the same.
With love,
Chris.