Many of my friends have suggested ‘going slow’ which little do they know, is not an option when you are moving fast. Moving, traveling, changing place… they all lead to a feeling of ‘carpe diem’ every. single. day. With the widespread unknown of if you will see a person or a place again, each moment becomes rich with the desire to savor and slurp them up.

I had landed back in the land that knew me more honestly and deeply than anywhere in the world, and yet I felt misunderstood. People often dismiss what they don’t understand, or dreams that they don’t believe to accomplish, or people who have lived a life different than their own.