This has been a month full of amazing adventure, but a good part of the time I have found myself consumed with thoughts of back home. I think about my family, my friends, the teaching job/ kiddos I left, and even my cute little house. When I was at home I always felt like it wasn't enough, that there was something more. Then I found the World Race and that had to be the "something more" I was looking for. So for months leading up to the race all I could think about was how amazing this experience was going to be. It would be nothing like home. Don't get me wrong this experience is AMAZING and it is nothing like home, but I have been living out of the "grass is always greener on the other side" mentality. When I am some where- I want to be some where else because surely it has to be better than where I am at. I have realized though that this is no longer something I want to carry. I have missed out on things in my life just by not being present. I also realize this not a new concept for me or probably anyone else, but something I an choosing to change in my life. I want to be present on every moment that God is blessing me with this year and for the rest of my life. So I believe that the "greenest grass" is the grass my feet on in the moment I am present in. To really see, smell, feel, taste, hear, and love what is around me will be the best experience I can give myself. Missing my family and the life I thought I would be living at this point will still be thoughts in my head I am sure, but I hope to get to a point that I can be swept back to the present by God's beauty surrounding me.
