NASA Space Center, Canaveral, Fl
At some point last year I found myself at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Canaveral, Florida. While the whole experience was a bit surprising in the sense that I’m repeatedly impressed by how Americans seem to be able to turn everything into a “Disneyland-kind-of-experience”, it also put things into perspective. Not the visit to the center itself, but my luck of being at that spot the exact same night they had an actual rocket launch. We watched that thing with a blazing tail of fire shoot towards the limits of our planet, deafened by the incredible noise that comes with it and it made me think how weird it is, that we seem to know so much about the world and its possibilities and limitations, yet we don’t seem to accept our own. Why does humanity seem to never be fully content with what we have? Why do we always strive for more? Something better, higher, bigger, faster,…? How come people would voluntarily give up everything they know and have here to join a mission to be the first people living on Mars? Some things are just beyond comprehension to me and that’s ok. But it makes me wonder…
So, I for myself try to appreciate certain moments more mindfully. To be more aware and grateful of the things and people that surround me day in and day out. To just go for a walk, smell the grass, feel the wind in my hair, the sun on my face and to feel actively grateful just for that. Because what I have is enough already. I have enough friends, enough love, enough money, enough opportunities. And I don’t need to be stronger, funnier, prettier, richer, more successful, thinner, faster,… I AM ENOUGH <3