July 21, 2024 - Halfway

Week 26. I still pinch myself when I look out the window to see the palm trees swaying and realize I am in Jamaica - somewhere in the Caribbeans. When Paris Olympics 2024 begins I will be cheering for my fourth country.

Recently I have been doing intentional reflection and reading: my first month's journal entry complained about the lack of towels in the "Platinum" Gym I joined and this month I journaled about visiting the local market that is 'run by gangs'.

I want to share an entry that resonates with me this week:

"Why do I fear the unknown? Why do I need to know where I go? The water flows down the river through streams, it doesn't stop for fear of a waterfall.

It goes down the waterfall and becomes its most magnificent in the fall - it even becomes a rainbow. And so, I should not be afraid, I should not be stagnant.

If I recede but only to go out in full force like a tide drawn by the moon, then I shall. Without a tide that recedes, there is no tide to cause ripples. Ripples that will flow all across my life, my world my all.

Don't be afraid to go back to go forward."