Do you know just how lucky you are?
Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 12:08PM 
In Kenya with Free the Children
As I mentioned in my last post, a month ago I had the honour of travelling to Kenya with Me to We and Free the Children. It would be an understatement to say "I learned a lot" or, "it was a great trip"! Visiting rural Kenya was completely life-changing. It gave me an entirely new perspective on life, people, relationships, materiality, and gratitude.
The people in rural Kenya have so little in material things, and are so abundant in everything else. They are happier, and more grateful than any North American culture I've ever been exposed to. For the little they do have, they are endlessly proud and filled with gratitude.
When I was there I couldn't help but make the comparison with our lives here, and think about how often I hear people talking (including myself) about what they don't have; what they "need"; what they want; and how "happy" they will be when they get those things. What we have yet to understand is that happiness will not be brought by material possessions. True happiness comes from an inner peace that has to be cultivated by each person, within himself. The Kenyan people have this peace, this personal joy that shines through them, no matter how little they have physically. If they only posses one chicken, they are SO proud of that chicken; so grateful that they are lucky enough to have ONE chicken. In the Western world we are CONSUMED with what we don't have. What we lack. And as a result we continue to manifest this feeling of lack, and the inherent dissatifaction that goes along with it. Think about it: how many people can you say you know who are truly happy? Who are not more concerned with the things they are working "towards" rather than the things they have NOW? I find that as a culture we have been taught to either live in the past (in regret or longing) or the future (in anticipation of all the things we think will make us happy). Let's be happy NOW!
I make it a daily practice to pause for a moment and count my blessings. Literally. Then I step away feeling grateful for my friends, family, and everything I have accomplished, and I know that right now, I am exactly where I need to be.
One Love & Music,
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