Maine Lights
When I came home from my three months in Los Angeles, I missed the city every day. The first few days of coming home I even teared up a little because it's really hard to get used to the reality, that I'm not there anymore. I even questioned the point of me pursuing my dreams because I couldn't see the purpose anymore, my mind was clouded and my health wasn't at its best - which ironically, is the very first reason why I started cooking plant based. The past two days before I flew to Maine, I couldn't even move my body. I was lethargic, weak - mentally and physically. I couldn't understand why I was feeling that way when I was eating balanced meals all day - maybe it was because the life I had back home is a striking contrast to the life I dreamed in LA, and my heart couldn't accept it.
I remember being on the plane to Maine and all I thought about was it being a bad decision that I chose Maine instead of LA to finish my level three. I sat on the long plane ride, contemplating about my decision and if I will ever love the time spent in Maine more than I did LA.
It wasn't until I spent a month in Maine and realized that it's not about the city. It's about how you make it. Belfast, Maine is a quiet little town and vegan scenes aren't big there. I didn't have Crossroads Kitchen and Lifehouse Tonics to inspire me - or the impossible burger. The town itself was full of inspirations were it came from, mother nature. I was reminded to look at the things around me and not search for those I saw on instagram. The one month I spent there was the only time I could detach from my phone. I didn't have to find entertainment on the screen or be on constant search for an uber. We would climb mountains on weekends and sit around lakes on weekdays, forage flowers and rocks to plate on fridays. My time there taught me to be in tune with my senses and to go with the flow of the earth, which was something I had long been away from.
My days were filled by truly inspiring individuals who loved and believed in me just the way I am, more than I did myself - who constantly inspires me to radiate the unique self that I am. I was always a constant mess from trying to make things all perfect, and fret when things isn't. Maine taught me to make do with what I have and cherish the things that comes out of it. There wasn't much in Maine, but I went home to be so much more.
