Opening Horizons

Taking trips to broaden one's horizons and perspective on life is something that any one of us should do. We should all take the chance to to discover what else is out there and fall in love with the rest of the world. And with yourself as you discover who you are.

I took a trip recently which opened my eyes to the person I have always known was in me ... but had long forgotten when the rest of my life took over and consumed me. I let life consume me because I was not sure what else I was doing or what else I was meant to be doing. For a time I forgot who I really was ... the girl who had grown out of her insecurities and naivety and become the woman who had been taken to death's door and came back and realized just how precious life is and just how much one should cherish it. 

My last  trip took me to a place where I discovered the life I have always thought and dreamt about but was always out of reach. And what surprised me was how much in love I fell with it. I fell in love with the person I was on my trip. I enveloped myself in the culture, the people and everything around me. I took it all in and I was at my happiest. The person I was in that moment is who I want to be everyday. Carefree, young and in love.

The heart is a fickle organ. The brain is the more rational. I have guarded my heart since the last time it was broken. Guarded because it was safer. Felt things when I let myself feel and opened up when I thought it was the right thing to do. But when one feels something unexplainable, and out of one's control and when least expected then the universe is trying to say something. I think. And all one can do is listen. 

Perhaps fate played a part.

At a time when I didn't think feeling something for someone was possible, I found myself feeling. I found myself feeling something new. Emotions riding high. Emotions that I couldn't explain. Emotions that made me understand myself  as a person. 

I took a trip and discovered something that I wasn't aware was missing. And having found that feeling, I don't ever want to lose it. Don't want to lose it ever. 

To those reading, I encourage you to take a trip. Discover a place you can be yourself and when you do find it. don't let it go. Now that I have found my place, I never want to let it go. Open yourself to new horizons. Take refuge in knowing that there is something and someone out there for you to fall in love with every day of your life. 

“Not A Bad Thing” evokes emotions of risking it all on the feelings you have and taking a chance. It brings emotions to the surface of taking the leap because you just know.