You and your heart shouldn't feel so far apart

The perfect end to a pretty perfect day was arriving home and seeing the little two year old's face beam up at me.

After a pretty low low, has come a pretty high high.

Over the past month I have learned a lot about dealing with different types of people. I have really accepted who I am, I will do what I am comfortable with and not worry about other's opinions of me, good or bad, I'm not looking to seek acceptance from anyone else. I can't control what other people think about me and it's futile to dwell on what has passed.

Life can seem to have it's problems, but only if we allow them to be. We can label something as a problem, or we can accept it and move on/deal with it. We can choose to worry, or we can choose to be happy. No, it's not 'easier said than done', it really is easy. Plus, think how better you'll feel once you realise you can be happy all the time, whatever your circumstances (who decides what good/bad circumstances are?)

"Tell me what can you want, when you've got it all?" - The Libertines
(don't we already have everything we need?)

Moving onto today... I went into Vienna, wandered around Naschmarkt, got interviewed for the Austrian radio and fluffed up my grammar, discovered cobbled streets and a tiny gallery with beautiful paintings where I chatted to the old artist who tried to tempt me to buy a 5euro card "this is real... and this is fantasy". I headed to Belvedere which is amazingly beautiful, however I am sure I am going to get a crick in my neck from constantly looking up in awe at all the buildings! There I met Georg, a student and we strolled through the gardens and into the Innere Stadt for lots of coffee (Melange) and a few games of chess (I lost) whilst occasionally chatting to some people at our table. That's the main thing I love about Vienna/Austria, is that you can strike up a conversation with anyone, it feels effortless and everyone seems to generally care/be nice, who knew?! I feel in Britain we are perhaps too wary of strangers, or maybe other people in general(!), but here you are greeted when you go into any shop, it's just a nice touch.

So if I can't explain myself and my newfound carefree attitude, I'll let Jack Johnson do it........ now I really want to go surfing :)