01/20/2014

"We all have a different story, but we're all here."

-Ellen Degeneres

This is my story: These past few years have been intense, and I can really only be grateful for any obstacles and trials these years have had in them, because the choices I've made and things they've revealed about myself have shaped me into who I am now. While I know I will continue to change, I want to remember I am not unhappy with the ways I'm aware I have already changed. I feel I am on a journey to true happiness, being content in my heart and with my soul -- call it hippyish if you will.

I have met so many amazing people that, due to previous judgement, I never would have expected to be part of my life, now only seeing them as beautiful people; for others I know, my love has grown and desire of them as bigger roles in my life becomes stronger; there are those for which my love will not change, yet my likeness of their proximity to my life is changing, still having gratitude for the acceptance they had for me and for the things they've helped me learn about myself; my beliefs have wavered and I have become more open-minded to differences and change; and finally, my feeling of where I belong and what home is, or where, has changed -- Yachats is a magical place...