The Valley of the Sun

Sometimes all it takes is a second to step away from the pain, anger, and frustrations of life and just listen to the sounds of nature. Its heart pouring out to you in a perfectly arranged song. Everything seems so much simpler from up here. Sitting alone on a curb, tucked away in a mountain, overlooking the city. Embracing the moment and allowing my hair run across my face as the wind billows through the valley. Completely and utterly in tune with nature and myself. Watching the street lights change from green, to yellow, to red. The city lights almost glittering in the still night. I wanted more. I wanted to run wild in the world, to fall in love far from home, I just wanted to live. To soak up every second I have on this earth and use my time to make a difference...Maybe even impact someone’s life for the better. But I would never know unless I picked myself up off that curb and dared to leave it all behind. Mustering up all of my courage and letting go of the things and people who held me back. I needed to let go of the man who still had a piece of my heart and take the chance that I would find it elsewhere...In the arms of a life that was completely my own.