French la Vie

 

"When one door closes, another opens;

but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door

that we do not see the one which has opened for us."

Alexander Graham Bell 

 

But what if the door only opens half-way?

 

Lately, life seems to be pulling out all sorts of tricks, the world's "door" seems to be half-opened like the photo above. Concerns, questions, more questions, answers that take time to unveil, unrest surfacing yet the root begging us to look deeper. Do I see the door half-open or half-closed? Is life asking me to trust? Change? To look deeper? Most definitely all of the above. 

Unprecedented. Challenging. Facts, fiction, and fears mingle amongst us.

I long for the time where I counted the days to the next brocante.

I long for the days where I never saw life as full of germs.

I long for the time where I never measured the distance between myself and others.

I long for the pleasure where hugging and kissing was a common greeting.

Yet I long more for a world where we truly believe in one another. Where we live in a community that honors everyone and strives to be whole.

Where love is more than pretty pictures.

 

"What is you could love yourself fully,

including your imperfections?

What if you could love others in the same way?

With mindfulness, you can become the love you have sought.

And with this love you are also returned to yourself."

Jack Kornfield