" I can't wait to leave this house!!!!"

Do you remember saying that before you left? Leaving is easy. Staying gone is hard.

Your life is chaotic and it's constantly full of stress. Constantly feeling the weight of the world on your shoulders because your boyfriend/girlfriend wont talk to you.Your parents are always on your case and your siblings NEVER LEAVE YOU ALONE! So a vacation is in need. You wont miss a thing when you leave infact you might not come back. Why would you come back to this ugly mess.

Day one of your vacation: Peace consumes every inch of your body. The feeling of freedom is odd. You spend time with your friends, you site see, you take alots of pictures, and you sleep alone-FOR ONCE!!

Day 4 of your vacation: You do some more site seeing on your vacation and it is at that moment you think "my mom would love seeing this." Everything you see, touch, smell, or taste reminds you of home. Suddenly that comsumption of peace throughout your body grows dimmer and the feeling of freedom, well, you'd rather do without.

On your way home. Standing outside the care looking up at this place you once dreaded and once called an "ugly mess" now looks like a beautiful disaster. The weight of the world doesnt seem so bad. Think about it, people in Haiti could honestly give two shits about your relationship problems. Suddenly you feel blessed to have your parents up your ass every second of the day and as far as your siblings go..Atleast you have siblings. Going home never felt so good or looked so beautiful.

I believe that sometimes people view vacations all wrong. Is it relaxing? yes of course. But is a vacation suppose to make you miss home? Is vacation suppose to bring you down midway through it? Maybe a vacation was someones idea to give people an opportunity to take a step back and really check out your own life. Count those blessings you keep skipping over everyday. Make the situations that frustrate you into your blessing. Maybe when you are at peace with your own life then it is easier to take a vacation and enjoy every single day your there.