It is how it is

For the past month I have been planning a vacation to Key West with my boyfriend. I booked the cute little B&B, looked into fun trips like snorkeling and a sunset cruise. It was all set. All I had to do was wait for it to come. For the past month I felt as though I as trying to accelerate the time, just so our vacation would come. I am not sure what I even did. All I could think of was going away. A week before our trip I was checking the weather every day making sure that nothing could get in the way. As Friday Aug 15th came to a near, I got even more excited about the 4 days of fun ahead. That Friday morning we packed up the car and set off to the Keys. We had about a day and a half of fun filled Key West before we had to evacuate on Sunday morning because of  a fierce Tropical storm that was headed our way. I was so bummed. I really was, and I totally was not fun to be around after that. I brought that energy into my being. Not good. When we finally came home all I could think about was how our vacation got cut short and how all I wanted was to be on vacation. I mopped around at home a bit and then I realized that this was totally not fun and I needed to snap out of it fast. I drew upon the teachings of Eckhart Tolle.  I told myself I need to just accept how it is now. There is nothing I can change about the situation, all I can do it just accept it and experience it. There is always something to learn from this. The storm was still coming, the evacuation happened, and there was nothing I could do about this. Something else I learned was  I was focusing so much of my happiness on this vacation. That I forgot to live every moment up until my vacation and there after. Maybe if I was living every moment in the now, I would have not felt such a let down. I could have just accepted the circumstances and continued forward with every moment. Something to really ponder on, its very powerful. 

Another great tool when you feel as though you are let down or your energy is not up to par. Write out a list of at least 5 things that you are grateful for. Whether its from your day, vacation, week,etc.. Here are mine for my beautiful Key West vacation.

1. The people at the B&B welcomed us so warmly 

2.We ate such great seafood.

3. Got to go bike riding around the island and experience all its charm

4. Went on an awesome snorkeling/kayaking/sailing trip.

5. Got to watch a beautiful Key West sunset with my amazing boyfriend.