Scotland

"It will all be ok in the end.
If it's not ok, it's not the end."

For sometime now, I couldn't stop my gut from wanting to see the castles along the coast of Scotland. This gut decision wasn't the most "logical idea" (as if any of them have been). It came with a pretty pricey plane ticket and an ungodly transit from Vietnam: 4 planes, 2 taxis, 1 bus, and some gold old fashioned time and patience got me here in about 2 days. Still say this is not a bad deal, going across the globe in a weekend.

It was the 3 mile hike along the edge of the Scottish coast to Dunnottar Castle, when I realize, it wasn't so much the castles that my gut was after, but what was around them. There are answers in the winds and in the breaks of the waves of the North Sea, and the most calming sense of peace can be found in the silence and solitude on top of the cliffs. I'm reassured that it's about seeing and believing in strengths, not weaknesses, seeing a gain where there has been a loss, being happy with what/who you have, instead of wanting what/who you don't... and along the way, learning to be grateful for it all.

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