Life in the future

It's early afternoon on a sunny spring day in the city. I am sitting in our photography studio. Looking around the room I feel a sense of joy. The light coming in from the large floor to ceiling windows are bringing such amazing light and a spring breeze into the room. That it is bringing such a sense of peace to my soul. Surrounded by great energy. Clean lines and creative artwork fills the space just right. I admire where I am. How far we have come and how successful our business is. As I sit in my soft white leather desk chair. I take in all the feelings. I look down at my clear glass desk and get a glance at our family photo. In a frame. It surrounds everything amazing. Our little family our kids and  a dog. (I finally agreed ) to get a dog. As long as our house had a fence and a yard. We lucked out with the house. I mean who gets a yard and a fence in the  city? Not many but we did. A great fit for our family. The kids school is a few blocks away. So I walk them into school in the morning on the way to the office. Our days are filled with activities. We finally found a balance at life. It took awhile to get here but making it was worth all of the wait. Sometimes I feel like I am daydreaming. Then n realize this is my life. This is now. This is pretty amazing. Ok enough of me. I have to get ready for our clients. Today we are doing a magazine spread. Time to do what we love.

The days have become hectic and work is on overflow now. My sisters realize that things are busy in my life right now. So they convince me that we need to take a  vacation. To reset our minds and get a sense of balance again. We sit on the phone and talk about where to go. They want to go to Texas. I seem to want more. I hang up the phone and lay there in our bed late at night. Listening to the mister toss an turn beside me. The window in our bedroom is slightly open. I can hear the cars going by and college students loudly talking outside. The bars must of just let out near by. I open up my iPad. To see my screensaver. A old vision board we made for class awhile ago. I sit and look at it. I always dreamt of going to Greece. To roam the beauties of the world. What ever stopped me? The fear of flying? The fear of getting sick over seas? The fear? Why was I fearing something so strongly? I decided to longer have this fear. I was going to book our trip. The week before our trip. I came down with a cold. My body was achy . My throat was sore and I was nervous all over again to make that flight. The day arrived and we boarded the flight. Leaving behind my little family. I was finally going on my dream vacation. We landed hours later. As we got to our villa. It was everything and more that I ever dreamt of. My soul was on a natural high. Beauty everywhere. Beauty that words could not describe. The food was so fresh and feed our bodies so well. By the end of our trip . I took a walk around the town we were staying at alone. As walking down the white stone stairs I slipped and fell. My leg felt to sore to walk on it. And my phone had no reception. I started to feel fear overcome me. How was I suppose to get ready to get on a plane in a few hours. When I was stuck. With no one to contact. I was scared and letting it start to take over me. All the fears have come back.

I must of passed out on those steps. I woke up to a man dressed in linen cloth pants and a white tank top. He had a sun kissed tan and combed back black curls. There was something about him that was so peaceful and I was taken in by it. I no longer had felt the fears I was feeling. His voice was soothing and he walked with grace. He was healing my leg with his tender touch.he helped me up and I could no longer feel any pain. We walked to a small cafe and sat outside and sipped on fresh smoothies. As he spoke of the waterfront living of this small Greece town. I stopped and looked around. Why was I leaving something so beautiful? This whole time I thought I was living my dream of living in the city. When all along the city was just a stepping stone. I wanted to feel this sense of peace everyday. To live a life a different way. In a new place. I always dreamt of coming to. It was no longer a dream it was a pull to bring me to the place I was meant to be. As I got back to our villa. I talked with my sisters. They thought I was crazy and said lets go. As we boarded the plane back home. I looked back at the clear blue sea and white buildings filling the town. As we got higher in the air. I felt a sense of knowing were I finally belonged. Fast forward a few months later. Our studio in the city is doing great. We hired more employees and now reside in Greece for half of the year. We fly back in the fall and enjoy both sides of the world.the kids love swimming in the ocean. Then coming home to white Christmas with our extended families. In Greece we opened up a small cafe where we have our photography hanging all around. I always thought our studio was amazing but I could of never imagined something as grand as this. I have to go now. It's lunch time in the town and wears all off to go enjoy a picnic. Life is grand.

poem

you magically appeared from a dream so distant
everything seemed to come together in a instant

I could never imagine something ever so bright
something that could be what i needed in life

like a cold summer breeze
you refreshed my soul

Touched me to the core of my existence

I felt alive in so many ways i never knew grace
could arrive so pleasantly

for a moment  always thought that you were a distance thought
a vision on the horizon that I could never reach

but the wind blew and you arrived at shore.
you swept me off my feet with all the mighty force.

you let down my fears and past sorrows
for you reminded me about my tomorrows

the days of sunshine and bitter sweetness
something i was ready to witness

you once stole me of my restless nights
wondering what tomorrow would bring

I realized now that was all an imaginary thing

you swept like the breeze you are and filled up my soul
with grace so mighty  .

I feel it in myself. I feel what I was yearn to be.

For Grace is now upon me.