Lost and Found

Hi, friends. Sorry I disappeared for a sec.

Sometimes inspiration comes and sometimes it goes. This evening, it came quick out of no where. I'm currently sitting on my teeny tiny deck on a lawn chair. I was attempting to read a book when I found myself mesmerized by the sunset and the stillness of the trees. It's funny how the smallest moments can toss you back in time, to a conversation or a feeling. This evening I found myself reflecting on a conversation I had with Keely several months ago. We were talking about religion and spirituality and its countless forms. Although I am not a religious gal, I would consider myself spiritual. I would like to believe that good always trumps evil, and I enjoy the idea of karma. But beyond all of that, I think all of us humans engage in a sort of transcendence. Like most things in this world, transcendence varies from person to person and place to place. Transcendence can be as simple as a feeling that takes you away, if even for a second. For me, it's laughing until my stomach hurts with my best friend sisters. It's the song I sing (at the top of my lungs) in the car that I know every single word to. It's good conversation over a home-cooked meal. It's the look in my dog's eye. It's so many things, but most of all it's love. Love is my religion. 

I hope you love something or someone that takes you away every once in awhile. It can be a religion, a song, a person. But, at the end of the day we are all human. And I think we often lose sight of our similarities and focus on our differences. I guess what I'm trying to say is, how somebody chooses to transcend should and must be respected. I think this is especially relevant as of late. Of course, Martin Luther King Jr. said it best... 

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."

Be a light, friends. 

x Halley