Change Brings Opportunity.

If we don't change, we don't grow.

If we don't grow, we aren't really living.

     After being sick for the last three days, I have had a lot of time on my hands. Sure, I spent most of this time sleeping, catching up on the latest celebrity gossip, “catching up,” as I like to call it, on people’s lives via Facebook, and reading “Sorry I’m Not Sorry,” which I recommend to all girls aged 18-25; I ALSO have had enough time to think. Almost too much time, I think. The more thinking I do, the more I am freaking myself out. The more I freak myself out, the more I wonder if I made the right decision.

Wait, WHAT AM I SAYING?! These antibiotics I’m on must be clouding my brain...

     How many people get the opportunity to just pack up and move to Italy, for a year, to get paid to take care of a baby, while having their own place and the freedom to travel wherever their heart desires?! Not many... I have been presented with the opportunity of a lifetime and I need to stop letting those annoying things called feelings, get in the way of that. I need to suck it up, bite the bullet, put a smile on, and ENJOY what I am about to do.

“Change happens whether we want it to or not.

Some people welcome change and find ways to

turn the unexpected into an opportunity for growth.

Others, become frightened and simply react.

How we handle the inevitable changes in life,

 is the key to living a life without  f e a r.

The right attitude can mean the difference between,

allowing unexpected life changes to keep us from achieving our goals or,

dealing with the changes and growing because of them.”

     I am about to deal with the BIGGEST change of my life, a change that I have brought on myself. So, since I put myself in this situation, I need to stop being frightened and thinking of backing out, and look this newfound fear of mine straight in the eye. I must realize that although I have no idea what is going to happen during the next 12 months, I do know that there is an exponential amount of opportunity being presented to me, and I need to take advantage of it.

     Who knows, maybe I’ll find my dream husband during this wonderful adventure, considering that Italy has an IBL; a professional Italian Baseball League. Yes friends, you have read right; a professional baseball league full of beautiful Italian men, headquartered in Rome. I have a small feeling that once I lay eyes on one of them, that fear will fly right out the window. Clearly I have lots of research to do…

ANYWAYS,

    six weeks from this VERY moment, I will be boarding an Air France plane, listening to the annoying flight attendants tell me to shut off all electronic devices and buckle up, put my seat in the upright position, and put my tray table up because we are about to take off…

Until next time; best wishes & God bless ~
JLI xox