Does Anybody Really Know

Did you catch the rainbow?

Does anyone really know how to find
the Cheshire Cat from Wonderland?

Alice asked the Cheshire Cat, who was sitting in a tree,

 "What road do I take?"

'It doesn't really matter which way you go,' said the cat 

'so long as I get somewhere,' Alice added

Does Anybody Really Know 

what troubles some,

 while others breeze on through life?

How do they do it?

Lately it's felt like we're left with so many questions, realizing there may never be any answers.

After the recent loss of Anthony Bourdain

and Kate Spade a friend of mine offered this quote.

"But pain's like water. It finds a way to push through any seal.

There's no way to stop it.

Sometimes you have to let yourself sink 

inside of it before you can learn to swim to the surface."

Katie Kacvinsky

"Be like a duck. 

Calm on the surface but always

paddling like the dickens underneath."

Michael Caine

"Context and memory play powerful roles

in all the truly great meals of one's life."

Anthony Bourdain

There's something calming about a camper's breakfast, under the trees and among the birds.

Always enjoy those little precious moments

because you'll miss them most when they're gone.

You need to be content with small steps.

Really.

That's all life is.

and of course that moment you bite into a delicious sugar cookie!

Gather as many small steps as you can, that you take every day

so that when you look back down the road

You are starstruck! 

and you're better with every single step you took.

It all adds up and you know you've covered the distance.

Feeding your soul.

Find your calming presence.

Take a deep breath

get present in the moment

and ask yourself

What is important this very second?

Everything?

Or?

"If we have no peace,
it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other."
Mother Teresa

Togetherness.Our travels or journeys within our days, even if it's short, are ours to enjoy.
  "Travel changes you. 
As you move through this life and this world
you change things slightly,
you leave marks behind,
however small.
And in return, life and travel, leaves a mark on you."
Anthony Bourdain


Always, stack up those marks!

Wear your smile as wide as you can

and give away as many as you can.

Thanks for stopping by and bringing your smiles to me.

Take good care of you.