Simple Pleasures

Since coming back to Melbourne from Vanuatu, I have had patches of the blues.

Perhaps it is being away from precious family and true friends.

Or being so far from the beautiful beaches and breathtaking Port Vila Views.

Or the winter chill that seeps in to your bones instead of the delicious tropical heat.

Or the fact that I have to pile on the clothes instead of wearing bikinis all day everyday.

Or the gloomy days of ominoues grey clouds as opposed to the spectacular sunshine.

BUT i have been fighting this feeling and finding pleasure in the simple things..

here are just some of the things that made me smile helping me ward away homesickness and rediscovering the beauty in my life in Melbourne.

• Pretty, pretty, sweet smelling flowers from my local flowershop. For a total of $16.50 this beautiful bunch has adorned our dining table to brighten the bleak winter landscape outside our window.

• capturing the beauty of the city on unsuspecting moments. Taken from a park bench in Carlton Gardens.

life has a flight plan

I had one of those late night thoughts last night:

I am an airplane.

My life might as well be lived in a friggin tarmac. I see an exorbitant amount of comings and goings of people from different directions at different times.. and then there’s my own constant take offs and landings and pit stops.

While I’m grounded at this particular airport I’ve come to certain realizations.

..There are different planes.. different airlines.. different sizes and capabilities. And each airlplane carries its own baggage, has its own manifest of people they carry on board and their own crew that ensures smooth flight..

..yet you all fly under the same sky and everyone hits turbulence. It doesn’t matter how good a pilot is manning the plane.. bad weather happens to everyone. You just have to ride it out and do everything you can to keep to your course while staying aloft..

..and it doesn’t even matter where you’ve been or where you are going next. No plane is better than the other.. you all go through the same challenges. Everything is at the mercy of the elements.. you never know what life will throw at you next..

..but you’ll all keep on flying because that’s what you’re meant to do & you’re most majestic when you’re up there braving the unknown. pursuing your own journey.

But right now I’m happy sitting on this tarmac.

Refueling. Reloading. Repairing.