Sometimes you have to lose your bearings to find your way....

So yeah, I have been slacking majorly on this whole blogging thing, but I have been busy doing.... things. Camp is over in less than a month.... so hard to believe. Time has flown by, and another summer is almost over. I have done a lot this summer and gotten to experience a lot of things that have caused me to step back and look at the world in which I live. I have enjoyed my time here in the wonderful mountains of western North Carolina... the scenery is amazing here. On my last day off, I went to Greenville, South Carolina. It was a lovely town. Eric, my summer BFF, and I spent almost all down soaking in the downtown area. It was so fun to just relax and take in what the town had to offer. I would consider placing it in the list of possible places to live list, I give it an 8 on a 1-10 scale.

Anyway, I have done a lot of thinking since I have been here... I think new situations always lead to reflection. New situations are so abstract; they test you, they cause you to step outside your comfort zone, put yourself out there and make you stronger. It would have been so much easier for me to stay home and just do a job that was easy, that didn't cause me to stretch my limits. But I feel like this is who I am, what I am supposed to be doing. Even though there have been times that I have hated this place so much, it is worth all the drama in the end. Will I be back?? I don't think so... not because I didn't enjoy it but I feel that I should move on to bigger challenges. Climb another mountain.... so to speak.

I think that I am going to stop being such a planner. Let go of things, allow things to happen.... Sometimes, you have to get lost before you can really find yourself. I think that I am getting to that point. I feel like that I have been at a low point... but then I have pulled myself back up to the top and I plan on staying there. There is such a sense of peace when you just let go and allow life to happen. While it is still important to have goals, hopes and dreams.... it is also important not to like life by a script. When an opportunity arises, take it. I have learned not to be afraid of failure, but to embrace it and learn from it. So many wonderful things have been discovered by accident.... besides.... the unknown is kind of intriguing. Until next time.....