Spending Time With You

This is the beach I walked in Puerto Rico for hours every day. There was nothing to do but be me

Do you ever take the time to be with yourself, with no distractions from anything electronic and no one else around you?

I have. It’s not easy at first, but it changed everything about me the more I did it.

It was necessary for me to travel to do this. That is why I spent so much time walking on beaches in various countries, thinking and not thinking at the same time.

I learned a lot about myself and about the world during those hours. It was a necessary part of my evolution and leaving the old me behind.

Not everyone has the luxury of losing the world to find themselves though. There are obligations, family responsibilities, and just the day-to-day negotiations that are a necessary part of living in society.

We have things to do, stuff to buy, money to make and kids to raise. We need to do more, get more, and be more than what we are right now.

Because apparently who we are just isn’t good enough. The funny thing is, it never will be.

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