Choose Life

"Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it." - Kevyn Aucoin

I few days ago, I woke up at 6 am and drove to Taylor's Falls to take some photos. I didn't bring anyone, but I found that I quite liked being alone. Lately, I've felt pretty unmotivated, but deciding to choose life - to choose to wake up and do something that makes me happy - that was a game changer. I'm sitting at home with strep right now waiting to not be contagious anymore, but i'm enjoying taking some time to go through my pictures and get inspired. Take a peek at my little adventure below

NATURE IS MY HOME

My father has always struggled with commitments, flitting from one poor decision to another like a butterfly trying to find a safe place to land. The older I grew, the less he landed, creating a hole in my life until, much like a wound, I closed myself off to what had hurt me. 

 In recent years that wound has reopened and healed for good. We found common ground where it once was, on the shores of a winding river, surrounded by tall trees. My childhood had been spent exploring the same vast expanses of rock and rushing currents, walking on sun-dappled paths and taking in the subtle, dusty scents of pine and damp soil. In his absence, I had nearly forgotten my deeply rooted passion for this environment. I continually find myself in this place; it is home to me in ways a house can never be. In my time spent in the woods I have learned to breath deeper, to look closer, and take every moment as it comes.