ARE WE RUNNING FROM OR TO SOMETHING?
This was the question I asked myself after my first year living in France.
Leaving the United States felt like I was running away. I had spent 6 years in a passionate pursuit to transform Americaโs food systemโฆuntil I received a call that changed everything.
Discovering my distribution partner had stolen 80% of my company breaching our contract. As I watched my company unravel in front of my eyes I quickly lost my passion and my faith in the American Dream - The belief that anyone can succeed through hard work.
In an effort to revive myself and rekindle the dreams inside of me, I packed my life in 3 suitcases and booked a one way ticket to the south of France. The place where time was marked in my heart that day I had experienced a moment at the French table. More here
But what I have come to realize is that I was in fact not running from somethingโฆI was actually running to my dreams. A life that I never knew existed. A life built on the simple pleasures of life and slow living. A life where I find greater meaning.
May we be reminded that success is not in a title, a big win or lofty accomplishment..but it is in the quality of our relationships. And may we run towards our dreams and not the one that society has set for us.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ(๐ด) ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด.