This past weekend I was back visiting the gorgeous, lush landscape of the Hudson Valley which is in the area I went to college in, for my brother Jeff’s wedding, which as BEAUTIFUL in every way.  Over the course of the wedding events all weekend, I was introduced to many new people, mostly on the bride’s side but also a few new boyfriends and girlfriends of my relatives.  When they find out I moved to San Diego, their face’s light up and they ask: “Oh wow, you live in San Diego?!  Why did you move there?”.  A question I have been asked countless times since moving here five years ago (after a one year stay in Santa Barbara) and I’ve never known how to fully answer it… I mostly say, “Sunshine! I was sick of the snow”.  Which is true, but it never seemed to articulate the real Why and I’ve always wanted to explain it further because the answer seemed deeper to me.

Ask and it is Given….right?

After landing in San Diego at 9pm last night and enjoying being back in my home, my bed, my vibe… I woke up, got ready as I always do and hit the road to drive to work.  As I pull up to this main light on Garnet ave.. I see a window sticker that explains EXACTLY why I moved out to San Diego (see picture below).  On it, reads “Namaste” with an Om symbol, a symbol I wear around my neck and have been drawn too, again not 100% sure why… but it hits me and I start tearing up. This is why I moved to San Diego.  Namaste roughly means, “The light in me sees and honors the light in you”, what I felt when I saw this was, “I am seen here (in San Diego)”.  The real me, the depth, the spirit and the flesh, the creator, all multiple levels of me are seen and spoken to out here.  The culture is saturate in ideas and symbols like this one, people displaying them all around.  We should be thankful every time we see a sticker like this, for it is a reminder of who we really are.  The more we see them the more we are reminded, not once did I see an Om symbol in Rhinebeck or felt anyone really met me on a deeper level of seeing the physical world purely as a manifestation and reflection of the invisible world.  People of this world! You Create Your Own Reality, there is no other way….

So, TLDR; that feeling of knowing San Diego was my home, was where I needed to be for my growth and awakening was my soul impulsing me to move here because it knew that I would be Seen, that my heart would be broken open, my wings untied, and my eyes joined as one.  I am forever grateful.  San Diego is my special place and I know I still have a lot to explore and discover along my own journey (which may one day mean leaving San Diego to find a new special place :))

❤ Namaste and cheers to finding your special place ❤