Every year I come back to Greece, things have changed. We grow, we mature, neighborhoods remake themselves into something new, old haunts close down. Friends I used to meet for drinking and dancing till 5, I now attend their beautiful weddings, hear their enthusiasm about their passions and work, watch their children grow. And still occasionally drink and dance till 5. Just not as often. •• We reminisce about young, carefree, yet also intensely hyperdramatic moments, while also finding joy in the bigger purpose, direction, and relative calm we experience now in our lives. •• But this view is permanent. It feels like stability, like home. Every coastline I sit on in Greece, overlooking the sea, sun and sky aligned in this way, brings me the same feeling, the same awe I’ve had since I was five. It connects me to something timeless in me and the world around me. •• Nothing like a grand gift of nature to remind you how little, delicate, and beautifully ephemeral life is in the grand scheme of things. Do good things, aspire for great things, but also remember to check your ego and never take yourself too seriously ❤️ . . . . . .