I hadn't really felt all that excited about my upcoming trip. Oh, don't get me wrong, the thought of the trip totally excited me; but I had yet to get that giddy feeling on the inside. You know the one I'm talking about! Well, now that I've finally gotten my passport renewed, as of last Wednesday and picked it up on Monday, day before yesterday; I am giddy like a kid the night before going to Disney World! I actually began packing over the weekend to ensure I don't forget anything! In thinking ahead, knowing me the way that I do, I called to check on international plans for data, texting, and calling...Lord have mercy Jesus! Really? Not sure yet what I'm going to do because I really wanted to use the Instagram app, but I will have to work around it some way or another!
One of the things I am most excited about is being able to walk the streets of a city that is so rich in history and beauty. To be able to sit in an intimate cafe and enjoy the food and wine, to sit on a quiet bench and just revel in the moment, to attend the ballet at La Opera and be moved not just by the performance, but the experience of it all. To be able to fall in love over and over with the life that I've been so blessed to live. To fully realize a dream of traveling to a place where I've always wanted to go, but seldomly thought about because I knew it would happen. Pinch me now!
We will be up before dawn and long after sunset. I'm not sure we will even sleep on this trip! Yes, yes we will, on the flight over and the flight back! My bestie, Tomeko and I, were talking yesterday about living on purpose. I've never given much thought to this, but it's so important to live each and every day on purpose. The alternative is to take each day as it comes. Really? Is that something any of us want to do? God only knows what will come from that! There are always going to be things that are out of our control, but those things that we can control, we should. We can purpose ourselves to be happy; to enjoy all the day brings knowing that we can have the best and be the best because it all begins with our thoughts; which reveal themselves in our behavior and actions.
This trip is going to be such a huge source of inspiration for me! Huge in the way of knowing I can live the life I want and totally enjoy my friends, family, peers, and career. I can get through those struggles knowing that they are par for the course, so that I am able to have the life of my dreams, made possible by the setting of goals and the discipline of doing the most simple things day after day regardless of what it looks like. How wonderful a gift for us all to be able to decide what we will accept and not accept. To decide who we will be and how we will impact the lives of those around us. To decide not to let the set backs hold us back. To decide to go out and live the life of our dreams because we've been given a gift to just that. The best way to show our gratitude for such an amazing gift of life is to live it to the fullest!
No matter the struggle, no matter the challenge; we get to decide how we're going to handle it. We get to decide if we're going to be overwhelmed, overcome, and defeated by our situations; or if we're going to devise a plan, perservere, and keep it moving. I've chosen to...
Rendre ETTONANT!
Rhonda
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