Over the Rainbow

"Somewhere over the rainbow" comes on in the middle of a Korean folk music out pour while dancing along Busan beach, and I know I'm on the right path here in Korea. It's like a message from above saying, keep looking, and you will find what you need too. Your answers are in every step you take, every place you see, everything you experience here.....you are here for a reason.

When you have had people in your life pass away recently your mind is constantly fixated on the bigger picture. Worrying about silly things like what to wear or some stupid gossip seem completely irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. It is what you experience, the things you see, the things you feel and embody that make you feel alive.

"Everybody dies but not everybody lives." Taking time to smell the roses is not some silly old saying that only people who are 60+ still utter. It is a motto to live by. Drinking in the sun on the beach in Busan, seeing a child succeed on a spelling test, savoring a pistachio milkshake or a hot cup of tea after a long hard day are all things to STOP.... and do. If we wizz by these moments are we not taking our lives for granted? After all, it is the little things that accumulate over the days and make up the largest portion of our lives. The big things are far and few between. So why are we so busy and so eager to move along, and not stop to appreciate the little insignificant triumphs and blessings in our lives? After all, they could all be gone tomorrow. So let go of your grip a little and maybe grab a hold of something more permanent.

Big picture, we only have so long. So what are you working so hard for? What are you so busy for?

My goal in Korea is to find hope in the world again. To find the genuine, undeniable, in the midst of anything its still there..... kind of hope. This bitter, unjust, cruel world has stolen that childlike hope from me that used to be a bottomless naive asset of mine. And I want it back. I am already getting answers, filling that void, and continually being reassured that this is the road I need to take. I am going to make a mark on peoples lives here, let people make a mark on my heart, and see the world in all its mysterious glory.  

God makes no mistakes, and I'm excited to see what he has in store for me in Korea.

Someday I'll wish upon a star
Wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where trouble melts like lemon drops
High above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me
Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly
And the dreams that you dare to
Oh why, oh why can't I?