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🌱Lo que será, será...

Life is a grand adventure. Keep both eyes open, be conscious and alert, and go against the grain when the time is right, and when your soul demands it. However...

This adventure can be turbulent at times. Fighting the current is not always the way.

Sometimes, acceptance is the way. Sometimes, it is best to align yourself with the way things are, and go with the flow.

Sure, sometimes you disregard the grain, and go another way. But sometimes, you settle into the grooves that are already there, with gratitude and grace in your heart, and acknowledge...

What will be, will be...

1 year prior to completing this artwork, my life changed dramatically. Instead of trying to control a variety of difficulties that had been plaguing me for some time, I decided to let go.

I put everything in storage and started to travel. The idea scared me, but it ended up being utterly life-changing. I saw ancient pyramids, mountaintop castles, and the sublime Atlantic from the Portuguese coast.

I stopped fighting the current and instead let it take me, then emerged refreshed and ready to become a better version of myself.

I quit drinking and smoking. I started running marathons, and doing a lot more yoga. I began to take my dream of being a working artist seriously. No more hollow lip service; it's time for action.

For me, this artwork beautifully reflects that transition, from tribulation to travels to trading disease for health. It's a manifestation of a lesson learned: if things do not feel right, get out of your own way. What will be, will be.

May it help to remind you of the same, when a reminder is what you need 🧡