Here I am, Monday morning and waking up with the same thought I went to sleep with. It has been fourteen years; a long journey, leaving everything behind, starting from scratch, against all odds. Many things have changed as it usually happens. Back then, the plane landed bringing four small children holding on to me. They just followed me confident that everything would be all right. Today, those children are gone, all of them with their own families, spread all over. Some of them I barely see although we always stay in touch because there is something neither anything nor no one can break, the bond of love that has kept us together through the distance. Together we managed our highs and lows, the unexpected changes, the growing up together and holding on to each other. Those were the days when I thrived to do more, to do better, to provide, to care, to simply be there for them. My mission was accomplished; now it is their turn to accomplish theirs. As I look back, there are no regrets. Life was good even through the broken paths. I grew, met true friends, experienced the meaning of unconditional love, and realized that nothing in my life moves without the guide of the Divine source.
As I did fourteen years ago, today I am getting ready to walk a new path, this time on my own. Once again I am opening my wings to cross over and start just the way I like it, from zero. It will be me and a new land, language, culture, challenges, and why not, struggles, those that make us learn, grow, and get a whole different perspective of life as it really is. The past was the time to fulfill a dream anchored in my determination to offer my children a better life. The now is all about me, about my personal dream, about my passion to reach out to others, listening to their own life stories. This time around is the only coin I have and I am deciding how to spend it.
Joseph Addison once said: “Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love and something to hope for.” In the past and present I’ve had them all. Now, I am looking for more as time goes on.
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