Do you ever feel overwhelmed? The waves of emotions and thoughts crash on me. So much. Too much. It's a jumble. There is no off switch. I want to sit and breathe. The tense feelings tighten in my neck. A physical manifestation of things I have no control over. Life is life. It is never easy. I just wish for once that it would go a bit easier for me. I feel like it has all been one huge obstacle after another. But there I go, being ungrateful for all the blessings I really *do* have in my life.

I want to run away from it all. I want a vacation. I want to take tea in England, stroll the Champs-Elysees in France, and listen to Fado in Portugal.

All of life is one great big learning experience, what am I learning now? That is the question.

I believe things happen for a reason... a purpose. What that reason or purpose is, I have yet to find out.