Beautiful Bermuda Bringing Me Back
It’s been a minute since I have touched these keys, especially in a way that breathes life into me. A way where I can share the beauty my eyes see, the pure butterflies in my soul and my stomach from people I meet, and the inspiration that pours into every inch of my body. I am beaming so hard right now, my cheeks ache in the best way.
I have had many moments the last couple months, in the last year, and truly throughout all the years of my life, especially as I have gotten older and found my ways to truly appreciate and remember those moments. But lately, in the last 2 weeks or so…I have had an abundance of newness in the most beautiful ways that have brought me back to this page. A place where my mind loves to escape.
I am here on a tiny island in geographic terms, but an incredibly massive island when you look at it in the terms of love, culture, art, good vibes, and great people.
I have met some incredible souls whether it was by a simple glance, a hello on the street, a beep as we ride by, a conversation over tea that lasted for 2 hours that leaves you full of warmth and beautiful inspiration, adventurous moments that take your breath away or nights under the stars talking about the simplicities of life we often overlook.
An uncertain decision that leads to moments you live for and time you wish to never end… are beautiful things in life that I am truly thankful for and hope to embrace more and more.
This island I speak of is known for its purest blue water, one mother earth must be so proud to share with her kindling, and its pink sand. Something I for each day I’ve been here have been covered in in the best way.
Beautiful Bermuda has taken a chunk of my heart and I have taken a slice of its peaceful ways and beautiful people that I will cling tight to for a long while.
Sitting in this coffee shop as I spill onto this paper, I am reflecting on my heart and mind just a couple weeks ago. The tears that would well up because I was leaving something I held dear and was very proud of, to take a chance on something I had no sense of a feeling or direction about. As I am rapidly typing, I feel such a sense of peace and happiness that I made the decision to take the opportunity in front of me.
Life is about that anyways, right?
But sometimes it is hard because you wonder if by taking an opportunity you might be giving up on something you have worked hard for. At least that was where I was when I made this decision. I let go of a place where I was growing and challenging myself in a way I have been yearning for a long time.
While I let go of that for a period of time, I have gained so much more. I think myself, if I stayed there, I probably wouldn’t be writing in this page the way I am today, in a way I have been wanting to but haven’t felt the freedom and inspiration to.
I read something so beautiful the other day, a short snippet from a man who caught my eye in my favorite coffee shop one morning. His eyes had a sparkle and a sincerity that I could only describe as the calmness of water on a still morning with the sunrise lighting running its finger down its surface. And a smile that called for conversation.
But I had no idea when I caught his eyes that his writing would make me smile and feel the way I did.
It reminded me of the power and importance of words, and how deeply they are rooted in my entire being, ever since I was a young child.
I have been neglecting that side of me for a while, and following more of a rat race of trying to catch something that maybe wasn’t for me.
But it is hard you know, to always trust and believe when things don’t seem to be clear and certain in front of you and you truly need a bit of that because everything you try to hold onto seems to be slipping quickly through your fingertips. At least that is how it has felt for me at times.
But I am seeing more and more that this is exactly what I have needed.
A way to get back to myself and the colorful chaos of art that runs through my veins the same way it ran through my Gramie’s.
So for now, I am taking it all in. Every breath, every pulse, smile, breeze, every sunbeam, sunset, wave across my body, sand in my hair, music I hear, beauty i see, and everything in between.
I am certain I will come back to this page more and more and continue to fill you in on all I see, feel, and learn about this beautiful place.
Until then, enjoy where YOU are! And take it all in, and maybe jot down and idea or two….you may find this too is something you have been needing :)
Jenn