Living Happiness

I am a woman who has dared to live her life differently. Five years ago I left my corporate job with nothing lined up and decided to see what paths might open up if I let fate, intuition, and the good of the Universe lead me. Six months later I found myself boarding a plane to Chania, Crete, to take part in a TEFL Certification course. And six months after that I was living in a small town on the Greek mainland teaching English to 120 Greek students. Wow – how much can happen in a year!

Three plus years later I am still in Greece (but back in Chania), still teaching Greek students and now also teaching American students online. I live in my two-bedroom dream home on the Cretan hillside. And I married the love of my life in September 2009. Sounds like a fairy tale doesn’t it?

I would have thought so, too, at one time. If five years ago someone had come up to me and said, “You’re going to move to Greece, meet your husband and go more places than you’d ever dreamed of,” I would have found it very hard to believe. Thankfully, somewhere along the way I did start believing. This believing began with believing in myself.

It hasn’t been a fairy tale. While it is true that all of these successes have occurred, they have not come without a lot of sweat, tears, and heartache, as well. But these travails and trials have gone hand in hand with also believing in myself … and trusting that “all things work together for good.” Therefore, the taste of this cup I sip is all the more sweet because I have crushed the grapes, trod the winepress. I have even sometimes been the grape.

I am a bookworm, fabulous cook, lover of nature, and red wine drinker. I walk for exercise because running is just too much work. I have to line things up. My favorite movies still include my favorites as a kid. I cry every time I watch Steel Magnolias. I laugh every time I watch Wedding Crashers. I want to be a published author one day.

If you are reading this page, it’s because you were curious to a know a bit of the face behind the blog. You will learn more about me as time goes on … .

And if you want more of the story on how I came to completely rechart my life’s journey, you will want to want to read these posts:

• Footsteps in the Dark (Part 1/3)

• The Next Steps in the Journey (Part 2/3)

• When Walking Becomes Flying (Part 3/3)

Glad to see you today. Hope to see you again.

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