Secret of Life

After my first decade of life, I started to wonder what was so great about this world. Each decade always led me to more questions about life and what it really meant to be alive. After many, many years of questioning myself I finally stopped and started enjoying my amazing life. Today, it feels like I am sitting in a movie theatre watching all the beauty of nature on display, providing the opportunity for me to discover all the intriguing aspects of living life to the fullest.

This weekend I traveled to Castlemaine for a lovely art exhibit and to connect with friends that I consider family. I was reminded of a valuable lesson. My mobile phone became unplugged from the wall over night, leaving me with no power for the entire day. Initially, I was greeted with a grim face of fear making me think that it was the end of the world if I couldn’t connect with my device, review my Instagram account or check emails. Within five minutes my fear was evicted and I started to smile and think of all the wonderful things that could happen without any distractions. As my day unfolded, eating with friends was fun and exciting, walking through several botanical gardens smelling the beautiful flowers, playing with dogs, chatting with strangers, feeding adorable ducks and hens and of course, being totally free from the chains of looking down at the screen of my phone. That’s when it dawned on me to cherish the beautiful passing of…