The best way to find what you are looking for, is to first find yourself. If you are looking for a healthy body, mind, spirit you must put yourself in a position to find it. If you are not in the same space mentally,physically, or spiritually as what you are looking for, how do you expect it to find you? Why are you looking for it, and if you were to find it at the very moment would you be prepared? If you were to find that person, that place, that thing, would you even know that you have?

As a child I would often have eyes bigger than my stomach, I would ask for more food than I could consume and would end up wasting the precious nutritional meal my mother prepared. Our youthful spirit wants the world, while our aging mind begins to realize the concept of time and timing, it helps us see that getting everything at once isn’t always what we need or even want. The journey of a thousand steps begins with one, one thing, one place, one person, one conversation, one.

I have a bunch of things I want to do, see, create, and enjoy, but I’m not ready yet. I’m not ashamed to say I’m not ready anymore, I’d much rather prepare my mind and body for my new journey, keeping my youthful spirit busy is as easy as calming a child's tantrums of discontent, give it something to do. I stopped writing for a while because I had lost sight of this, I had become blinded by fear and doubt, when all I really needed to do was continue to prepare and push forward so that what I'm looking for can find me. We don't all need to adopt the same mindset about life, but we should all learn to love who we are and where we are.

Continue the pursuit of loving yourself and learning to love the world. Self-love is a love of the god that lies within all of us and lets us be connected to all that surrounds us. The earth, the wind, the water, the sun, they are all connected and work together to provide us with strength, energy, and LOVE. The self is just a piece of the earth, a borrowed vessel made up of dust and water. Your soul, your “true self” is eternal and can be a center where love is manifested, transferred, and shared with others. When you love yourself, you eventually love who you are, and where you are regardless of the circumstances you may be in.

There is nothing wrong with where you are in life, because even if you feel dissatisfied you can change the situation with your mind body and spirit. Today, try writing down 1-3 things you are thankful for and really take the time to discover why you are grateful for these things. I've said this many time before and will ultimately say it again, gratitude is the keystone of life, it allows you to see things for what they are, love them for what they are, and yet still change them if they do not fulfill you. Once you are done discovering this gratitude, never let go of it, and continue to pursue what new things you desire, those things that you are grateful for now will not leave you, and will help carry you through your new journey.