A state of feeling

You can always count on the seasons to change, I used to wonder why my season of life never really changed. Watching the world around me change, time race around me as I stood still. Photographs captured moments in which i cherish and moments that will leave a mark behind for years to come. We all write pages to add to our book that read the words that build our truest self, the stories we shed tears to and the stories we sing songs to. We are all human, all desperately trying to find balance, the balance of who we are and who we want to become, while we all try to figure out what this life is suppose to be. This world of superficial happiness that some of us are trying to run far away from, holding close to our hearts our stories of true, organic, happiness. The songs I began to sing, the chapter I began to write, took me by surprise, I never pictured these stories being mine. This new profound sense of wanting to sing this story to everyone and yet the overwhelming desire to hold these pages close to my heart and live present in these moment. Is this happiness? It is a state of being happy, however I never imagined that happy could exist with so many layers. That tingly feeling that takes your breath away, I know that happy and boy do i stay present in that feeling as long as possible. The warm fuzzy feeling that makes you hold someone tight for that extra moment, I feel every time i hug family and friends. When tears welt up in your eyes and your throat gets tight, the humbling feeling that comes because you cherished happy. As i grow older, experience more of what life has, i learn more and more the idiosyncrasies of life and the unique experience we all live. The gift of opening up our mind and soul to the people, stories and world around us. Sure, half of what i have lived through i am still trying to understand but hey i am learning there is some mystery in not knowing all the answers. If you were wondering what this new chapter i am referencing to is, well there is this pretty special human 😉 Diving into new experiences, saying yes to new adventures, adding every new photo to your wall to smile back on. Life to me is embracing every state of feeling... here is to all of ours next chapters and cheers to feeling.

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