#86: Where is Your Paradise?

Where is your paradise?

For Jimmy Buffet it is Margaritaville. For singer Tony Bennett it's San Franciso where he left his heart. For Santa Claus it's the North Pole. Where is yours?

For many years I have believed my paradise would be a mountain cabin and a beach front cottage.

The mountains for the fresh air and beautiful vistas, the peacefulness of an early morning with mist covering the valley, the serenity of the evening filled with the sounds of owls and other nocturnal animals and the appreciation of the powerful forces needed to create such magnificent heights.

The beach for the wonder of the vastness of the ocean, the feel of warm sand between my toes, the calming swish of the tides as they break on the shore and for the appreciation of how insignificant many things in life are compared to the mighty waters of the earth.

These are where my paradise would be under ideal conditions. But life doesn't always deal us ideal conditions. So, what do we do?

Perhaps we should make ourselves comfortable with the life we have, dreaming of course of our perfect paradise but understanding that our lives are what they are, not what they are not. Perhaps this realization will allow us to be at peace with ourselves and our unique situations in life.

In the mean time we can always dream and hope and pray and wish for our paradise. Mine are the mountain cabin and beach front cottage.

Where is your paradise?