Small world, lonely heart

I have travelled many places... and to be honest, I haven't made many friends. I am a very friendly person, but I have mostly made acquaintances, people I met, hang out with for a time, but that didn't get close enough to become true Friends. I say didn't get close enough, but the truth is, I probably didn't let them. I seem to have a bad habit of keeping people at bay, in order to protect myself from the pain that letting them in and losing them would cause.

The result is, I have very few really close friends... and they happen to be scattered around this big globe we call Earth. The world seems so small when I think of my good friends in Australia, Pacific Islands, Brazil, US, Argentina, Costa Rica, Holland, France... but it seems soooo big when I realize that none of them are here, close to me, and that I just can't pick up the phone and invite them to come over to hang out, talk, share our hearts.

I'm feeling lonely... not of people in general... but of my good, heart friends... so this is a message to all of you out there: I love you! Yes, you! You know who you are...

Cornwall, England

CORNWALL. Has anyone ever heard of that place? The people who live there call themselves Cornish. They have their own language, and they're quite proud of using their name, so you end up seeing "Cornish Ice Cream", and "Cornish Fudge", and "Original Cornish Paintings" and things like that all over the place.

It's the land of King Arthur: that's where his castle was, where legend says he was born.

It's beautiful. Breathtaking. Wild. Calm.




It helped that we had great weather... Beautiful sunshine from morning to evening... amazing sunsets... (and yes, it was England!!!)

But once again, I thought I should look for the beauty in people. There's the one who's always helping, ready to give a hand with whatever is needed... There are the others who can make you laugh, no matter what. There are some who always have a camera at the ready, to record the moment, make it last forever. And there's the innocent beauty of a child, playing at sea with her mommy running after her.

Beauty is everywhere. You just have to know how to look...



It's amazing what you see when you take the time to open your eyes and really see...