Life is beautiful nevertheless!

I scroll down one whatsapp status after the other and I bump into hers. She happens to be in United States, I don't know what state exactly, it's a Halloween fun park. She seems to be having fun even though I can't see her face, since she only took a video of her surroundings.
My heart gets down notch, I think of how many times I have wanted to travel outside this country, my country Tanzania, I dream of boarding a plane to that far away country. I don't even have a passport for crying out loud, sadness takes a leap inside me and I keep thinking of how "she" went to Germany last year and then Sweden. I am jealous and angry.

And then something inside me awakes, a reminder, a simple sweet voice speaks.....

"Emma your life is perfect".

Tears are actually rolling down as I write this. As memories and good thoughts flow inside my head, I smile.... yes I agree, my life is perfect and so is yours.

To begin with, I am alive, I know why I am alive. My God is still on the throne and the sky is blue and I took great pictures today and I went to check out an urban design project I am about to embark and I have been running my business for 6 months and it is still growing slowly but steadly and It's been a year of having this blog. And I am healthy and I just had a great dinner and oohhwww I cooked a crazy porridge and that was in its own way.

Yes I might not have travelled to America but I just came from seeing my family, 543 km away, a 10 hour journey by bus.
So yes nevertheless my life is beautiful and I am grateful and some day I will travel to America... some day but not today. And that doesn't stop me from celebrating today.

And for you my dear, I know several things you should be grateful about, you are alive, you can see, you can read and yes YOU CAN SMILE. So please just smile for today is beautiful nonetheless.

Don't stop celebrating today because of some post from your phone. If your phone is causing you heart aches or sadness, do you a favour and switch it off for just an hour, relax, think of all the good things you have and smile. Just smile.