A new story unfolds....

So a new story begins ...
Once upon a time there was a girl... she was an adventurous girl. She loved exploring, and learning and growing....
Sometimes her wanderlust led her down paths that were rough and bumpy. Sometimes the bumps knocked her into really wonderful places of blossoming lushness of self expansion, and sometimes she fell in potholes that felt dark and mirky for a time...
Over all however, the girl was happy to wander, to learn, to grow and to participate richly in life... The girl knew that happiness was within her grasp, a natural state of her own mind in the times when she was able to clear out the muck of daily life and distracted thinking. She also rejoiced in being useful, in being caring and in changing the world in her own little jigsaw puzzle piece...
So the girl explored and traveled and learned lots and gave openly of herself, and knocked her toes on the rocks on the path sometimes, but skipped along pretty happily most of the time... Then one day it felt like just the right time to come home. She was nervous but knew in her heart that she was stepping in the right direction, not knowing where this path was winding, not really knowing where home was, but confidently putting her foot forward to see what came...
And as the girl walked this path she noticed that the world around her was changing... the bumps in the path were softening and slipping down like silk... the rough rocky bits that used to bruise her soles were transforming into soft new grass under her toes... and as she looked around she saw the things she most wanted in life bursting forth like mushrooms from the lush soil... and she rejoiced....
...for she saw before her the chance to have a child dance down her path with her, and she saw opening in her pathway the opportunity to be ever more useful in wonderful new career adventures, and she saw by her way a gorgeous little home just waiting for her, and gathered around her home were sparkly new faces full of friendly optimism and opportunity as well as warm familiar faces of family and friends...and then she noticed in the crowd four blue eyes twinkling at her from above two happy smiles....
Surrounded by such a wealth of jewels of happiness, the girl paused.... was she not happy enough just as things were? would she also think of taking a risk on another bubble of joy? The girl looked around at all the beauty and knew in her heart that for once in her life that she was in just the right place at just the right time... so she took a deep breath and held out her hand, and two happy faces with twinkly blue eyes held out their hands too.... and together side by side they watched the new sun rise, vibrant and rich and full of colour. And the girl smiled.... and she knew she was home.