LaShara Lashawn

When I was a teenager my dad wanted me to move with him and his line was “how about a change of scenery?” This always stuck with me because eventually I did move with him but I never really wanted to stay. Over time I began to look at the scenery through my own eyes and I hated it, I realized that we had two different perspectives and regrettably I was sold on someone else perspective of a good view.

Fast forward about 12 plus years and now I am taking a real good look at everything. Taking total inventory of EVERYTHING!!! my spiritual life, my friends, my educational goals, my own happiness and even the spoons in my kitchen drawer (which seem to always come up short I’m currently at 3, but that’s currently being investigated). I am checking out the scenery of my own life and being honest with myself. There are some weeds that most definitely need to be pulled.

I was taking a shower today. I do a lot of good thinking in the shower. SO I’m in the shower and I’m asking my self about my happiness and what it looks like. There are several questions that I asked myself about what my happiness would look like and what it would take for me to achieve and continue it.  I want to look at my life and see beauty, power, strength, courage, love, God, fun times and the like. I don’t want to look back and see regret or look at it each morning and feel lost in my own world. As a child up until I was a teen and young adult there were a lot of things that were out of my control that affected me negatively. Then there was a time where as an adult I let those things still hinder me and they showed themselves in my anger, rage and frustration.

I check my scenery often just as a good gardener would. I check the trees to make sure I’m baring good fruit, I plant seeds on good soil and I take out anything that shouldn’t be. Sometimes things can get carried into your life and you wont always know its there until it shows it self. I try to protect myself from things and people that aren’t good for me. All this scenery talk is making me want to take a vacation. I feel that vacations are essential to my wellness. Exploring and being exposed to new cultures and experiences is encouraging, humbling, fun and just the bomb.com! some people want to “get away” because things are bad in their life. In reality all the problems go with you everywhere you go so if your negative and angry guess whats getting packed up next to the sun tan lotion and flip flops? Vacations are like treats the extra little cherry on top of life.

Have you check your scenery lately??