Be happy with where you are

“I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. 

I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. 

I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. 

I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. 

I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.” 

Audrey Hepburn

How much do you love your life?! a little? a lot? or not at all? or all of it? Are you close to where you pictured yourself would be? Are you doing what you love? Are you smiling everyday? Are you laughing every possible opportunity? Are you telling someone you love them? Are you enjoying your life? Are you having fun being who you are? Are you happy that you are here? 

The winter in NY can be rough. It's cold, windy, and it's just tough, not like California(Don't get me wrong, I love California). The kids show I used to watch long time ago had a really good song. "When things are tough, that's the chance to grow and the chance to learn something new". A little old bird in the show would sing to the kids whenever they had problems. Pretty amazing song for a kids show, don't you think?! So, whenever things got tough, or whenever I had a rough time, my mom sang that to me. Walking down the street of NY today, and it made me realize how much I love this city. It's the city that I've always wanted to live. And I get to live here and do what I love. I am not where I want to be, or where I pictured myself would be long time ago, not even close to that. But our God is amazing, isn't he? He blessed me tremendously in a way that I don't even deserve. I love this city. Whenever I go back to Japan to see my family, it makes me want to go back. I get homesick sometimes. I do want to provide for my family, or at least I'd want to be ready whenever or if they need me. I do think about things like this. But I just love this city. It gives me purpose, freedom, ambition, passion, love, hope and faith. It's not always like this. More often than not, there are times that I just want to pack up everything and call it a quit. There are times that I just want to disappear from the world. And there's nothing wrong with that. We are all humans. We are meant to struggle. Our life is not only about what we can get, it's about what we can give. We are to give and spread love. We are to be grateful for our happiness and joy and life. 

I love you God and I'm just so grateful for what you've given me and what you WILL give me. Thank you for this life, love, hope and faith.