I sit on the beach, watching a little girl falling, carefree into the sea holding onto the handle of her pink bucket. She would run back on to the shore and pour the water into a hole she had dug, and then enthusiastically, jump with both feet making a big splash! Then repeat! I can’t tell you how many times she ran back and forth, with giggles and a great big smile. No worries, just living in the moment, no worries!
With my own smile and laughter, tears streaming down my face, I think how I want so badly to be that little girl, I remember that little girl I once was. Oh, she surfaces periodically, but…
When did that little girl get squashed?
Why is the world so cruel?
I just want to “jump into the puddle of life”, free of worry, free of judgement! Free of not feeling like I am enough. Free from the fear of abandonment.
I just want to freely live like that little girl, live in the moment, follow the beat of my own heart!!
*picture captured in Kąs, Türkiye