Why I love Haiti

I have been taught my entire life that everything I need to go through life is outside of me.

I have to depend on others to survive.

If I am not feeling well I need to go to a Dr.

If I need to learn something I need to go to school.

If I need to eat I have to buy groceries or go out to eat.

If I need clothes I need to go to the store and buy them.

I need to learn more.

I need to be in rooms with the right people to succeed.

I need to do this...

I need to do that...

What if everything I need to live an amazing life is inside of me?

Was inside of me since I was born?

This goes against everything I have been taught and what our country is about.

Our country functions on us wanting more.

Buying things we don't need but want.

Being distracted by things that are not important.

Keeping our minds busy on things that do not matter.

I have been to Haiti 3 times.

I have said I love being in Haiti is because of the lack of choices.

The example I always give is that there were not choices of what I would eat.

They would butcher a chicken and have chicken and rice for supper so if I wanted to eat that was it.

I love the simplicity

I love the lack of all the things we have that don't matter

It helps me look at life differently

It helps me see what is important

I am leaning more into the belief that everything I need is inside of me.

Listening to my body when it tells me something I should do

Listening to my mind when it tells me not to do something

Focusing on what is important

How about you...do you think everything we need is inside of us?