"DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY"

BY: LANISHA PORTER

I’m on the go again…

This time I’m nestled away in a corner of the world called Jamaica—which makes the 8th country I’ve visited. This is a  place I assume will become a new home away from home for me given my newfound love for the island. In the coming weeks I will make 26 years old. By the time you read this I will be only days away from the celebratory occasion. I suspect, however, this celebration may feel a bit more special given that I thought I was close to dying on my way here. I’ll tell you about it…

It is this awareness, in fact, that evokes me to live my life with very pointed intention. I understand death to be a natural and necessary progression of the human experience.

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