Recently I've had time to reflect on my life 

[faster pace]
The job I started to hate
The dreams I had the ambition to dream but not the courage to pursue
The environment that felt like a cage for years
The many voices and opinions of what my life should look like
The cycle that keeps repeating 

But [Pause]

In this spiral of thought a simple question emerged.

What if you actually loved your life?

Looking at my life through a different lens I realized something.

The gift of pursuing my purpose (when I left that job).
The excitement of something new.
The beauty of the places I find myself in and finding my own voice among the noise.
The cycle was created by me.

If our lives are a series of choices

then...

Pause long enough to enjoy your now because if you so decide your next chapter will look so much more like the one you have always imagined.

And that's on today's unpolished journal entry.