As I'm trying to write this post, Alex keeps sending me links to these amazing art projects. It's made me realize how many simple, beautiful things we can do with just a little inspiration. The best example of this is when I had the simple joy of holding hands with the most beautiful little girls who had the widest, brightest, most genuine smiles that I had ever seen. It was May 16, 2009 and I had just stepped off the lorry in the dusty, rural community of Eneleri Community School in Kenya. I was surrounded by the young school children as the rest walked down to the track meet for the surrounding schools. The children would huddle around the edge of the track as the runners were running, they would be high-fiving each other, giving each other the last bit of inspiration they had to finish their events. Standing under the African sun, I knew that my life was forever changed. It was a rush of passion, love, ambition, inspiration from the school children that taught me the little things in life make it what it is. The smiles, hugs, laughs that I shared with them is what my mind always returns to when I feel overwhelmed and lose perspective on what is really important. I can't wait to be a part of their community again to figure out how I can use this trip to help inspire others to make the world a more beautiful place, to put the little things back into perspective, to regain the strength that I felt first time I visited Kenya and to re-establish my life-long love affair with the African spirit.
Sunday, April 18 is the 50-day mark!
