Paradise

We all have searched for you

Looking up high and down low

Tropical islands,

New countries,

Anywhere away from our regular lives.

But you have been sitting right in front of us

Day after day

Patiently waiting

Like a marble statue

Waiting for us to come to our senses.

I’m sorry on behalf of all of us

For ignoring your presence

For not seeing your flashing signs

Because we all are looking for something more

EXCITING.

Paradise you aren’t somewhere far

You are right there with us in our daily lives.

In the small moments

That shake us out of our routine

Maybe it’s the view from our bedroom window,

The coffee shop with a warm drink on a winter day,

A piece of juicy watermelon at the neighborhood pool,

That song that you love randomly playing on the radio,

A hug from mom

Or a smile from a little kid we don’t know.

Paradise isn’t a place.

It’s a feeling

A feeling that we feel most every day

And choose to forget.

Don’t forget.

Open your eyes and you will find paradise

Right inside of YOU.