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However, looking back on my childhood, I see what a monumental influence my parents had in keeping that spirit alive in me. It's almost as if children are born with all the inner wiring they will ever need to be happy, healthy, and whole. The best parents do everything in their power to keep the world from convincing them otherwise, especially when they run into obstacles.

At some point though, children crack. For the fortunate few, those cracks are like hairline fractures. You almost need special equipment to see them. For others, those unhealed cracks widen and become a portal where more negativity can seep in, pushing us further away from our inner truth and wholeness. The good news is, we have the free will to choose how to use our experiences.

Turns out, the obstacles responsible for those cracks double as building blocks. At first, sure, they can look pretty grim. They can stop us in our tracks, block us from where we want to go, or worse yet, crush us. If we reposition ourselves to see them from different angles though, new potentialities emerges. We see how obstacles that we thought were such a curse are anything but. They somehow morph into amazing tools that we didn't have access to before. They are tools that, when used properly, build stunning people, who possess strengths and skills otherwise unimaginable.

My life, in general, has been pretty sweet. My disposition, for the most part, is happy and playful, and although we all carry baggage, I have done my best to practice a minimalist philosophy in that department and travel light. All of that being said, somewhere in my late teens, I allowed my personal experiences with life's stumbling blocks to compromise the integrity of my self worth. I was fortunate I never lost that deep down feeling that I was meant to have a wonderful life, and I was equally blessed to remember I had value, but on a day to day basis, feeling that value was becoming a bit of an uphill battle. It wasn't until my early thirties that I finally said out loud, "I don't feel like myself, and I haven't for years. I know there is something more." I still had vivid memories of the unwavering resolve I used to feel as a child, and knew I was the only one who would be able to connect the dots to get me back to that girl again. I knew I already had a great life... maybe not the one I had planned, but one filled with tremendous blessings. I still wanted more. I wanted that great life and the inner peace to match. These are the stories, experiences, and thoughts of my magical adventure that gave me back my gumption and brought me back to what really matters in life... love.