No Day Is Ever The Same

Yesterday was an "AH HA..." eye-opening kind of day. Recently I have hold my office that I was completely throwing my life upside-down and moving to Barcelona, Spain to teach as a TEFL teacher.

I am going to be moving to a different country, knowing no ones, no having a job, being unfamiliar with the language and am completely enthralled by it! I have never don something to this extreme before; sure moving out of the state to go to college, going on trips with just friends, moving downtown Chicago after college; but nowhere near the intensity of being completely and utterly by myself. I believe I am at a point in my life where I am looking for experiences that only come to people who make an effort to find them.

Which brings me to the part of my life which I am aiming to change. I have been counting the days and hours left in the work day until I get to begin on this new adventure which I will soon be calling life. I do not want to live yearning for tomorrow or 5pm when I get to go home and be with my family. I want to start living my life in the moment with whatever is being thrown at me. I am incredibly fortunate to have an amazing family, the best set of friends and support a girl could ask for, a job, health and a strive which many people dream about. I am about to embark ona life-changing adventure and I am trying to rush through my current life. This needs to change and I need to be grateful for what I have now and all the little things in life which I should be very thankful for.

Back to my "AH HA" moment... When I was on my run last night I spotted a lady walking her three dogs. One of which was paralyzed and had a wheelchair-contraption; never-the-less he was keeping pace with the whole group. During the more difficult leg of my run where I always want to stop is when I passed them and I noticed even though the on pup was having a more difficult time walking, he was still loving it and had a huge smile on his face! I really made me realize that no matter what is currently going on in my life, whether I'm getting ready for the biggest move of my life or waiting to go home from work for the day, I need to take advantage of every breath given to me, have a positive outlook in my life and make a difference in others'.

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