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I I love when people say that if they could just live on a beach somewhere and do nothing all day, they would. Because it makes me laugh, because it’s not true! If people wanted to do that they would. But that is where time comes in. People always think that they have the luxury of time. So what if you ran out of time? What then? I don’t think most people would be prepared to do anything if time were running out because that would mean having to be spontaneous and think on their feet! I however don’t have that problem! I have the luxury that most people would love to have, I work from home when I want, and when I actually have to leave the house, I am out photographing lovely people in beautiful places. One things this job has taught me, it’s to love the people in your life, and live the life you want! So if I did run out of time I think that I would just want to do exactly that. I would want to want to spend it doing absolutely nothing crazy with my love. No flying to Paris or random skydiving because that would take away from what is. I would just want to be in the present moment, taking in the beauty of the sky, the smile on my lover’s face, the singing of the birds. So while the world is falling to pieces and people scramble to get their last hoo-rah out, I will spend it wisely, by being present.

If a year ago someone said to me that at 24 I would be at the beginning of a beautiful spiritual journey, I would not have believed them. But as time passed I started to become more aware of myself and my thoughts. Of my emotions and of my soul. I started to feel this desperate need to discover more of who I was and why I was here. I began this journey with the help of friends who had had similar awakenings within themselves. Through them is how I found out about such great people who were aware of all the wonderful and amazing things this universe has to offer. Eckhart Tolle has become one of my favorite authors as well as somewhat of a spiritual teacher. He has several books that I attribute with helping me discover things within myself that I never even knew could exist. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t walk around all day in a perpetual state of ridiculous bliss, but maybe one day I can! through his teachings I have found how to separate myself from my thoughts, how to understand that worldly things do not truly matter, and how to be more in touch with my essence. One thing I struggled with when I began to become more aware was that I wanted other people around me to become aware as well. But I have come to see that this is not a state of mind that can be forced on someone. It just has to happen naturally. But alas I am very grateful that on a daily basis, just by reading a few passages in a book,  I can at least remind myself of the things that are important to me. My love, my family, my soul.

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Everyone does this. You watch the news channels around election time and criticize the opposite party that you are voting for. Sit around and talk to your friends about why someone should win as opposed to someone else. But do you ever notice that no matter who gets elected into what, usually nothing ever really changes. But what if it could? I think that if given the power to do so, I might actually make an honest effort to make a real difference. Being in the position of a senator, I think making smalls changes would go such a long way. Like helping to push things through that will honestly make a for a better community. I hear about such great ways to help improve healthcare or taxes or even schools but once they get up to the senator, most times they aren’t even looked at. Given the power I would definitely make sure that certain things were done pertaining to education. You know that saying, children are the future, well it’s as true today as it was fifty years ago! If politicians would side step their own agenda, they could make such a beautiful difference in the world and turn things around for the better of everyone. Hopefully I live to see the day when politicians are good, until then I will continue wishing.

As a child there are so many things that you did to keep yourself occupied. Anything from toys your parents bought you to playing alone with nothing else than a cardboard box. Being an adult things never seem all that interesting for more than a few minutes or hours at best. But I do long for a time when just chalk and rocks could keep me blissfully happy for hours and hours on end. You’ve heard of hopscotch I’m sure. You draw squares in a certain formation with chalk, certain ones have a number assigned to them. This was my favorite game, one reason being because I was somehow able to always throw the rock exactly right, and so I always finished first. But mostly I enjoyed it because it was a simple enough game that while playing, you could also just laugh and enjoy your friends and siblings. And that was the best part. Maybe next time I am feeling nostalgic, I will invite my long time friends, get a box of chalk and have ourselves a hopping afternoon!