Dios Mio! It's the end...

Tonight I watched the latest episode of Ugly Betty, a favorite tv show of mine since its inception four years ago. As the final credits began to roll, I suddenly got a sinking suspicion... I searched frantically online for a moment to realize that the brilliant series about a young woman coming into her own in New York city was finally coming to a close. For the last time. Oddly this episode was strangely reminiscent for me in particular. As Betty strolled through the streets of London I relived my own early adventures there. The newness of life in a different place. The excitement of learning something every day, either about your adopted home or yourself. Ahhh... it was an interesting time. One filled with possibilities (as well as pitfalls). Where anything seemed not only within reach but almost inevitable. After all, I had managed to move myself from Colorado, USA to London, UK at the fairly tender (for a sheltered suburban girl) age of 23. How could the world not be my oyster?

It's easy to be fearless when you are young. By the very nature of youth, you feel invincible to the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. As time goes on however those arrows begin to pierce through that invincibility until you are left feeling vulnerable and exposed to the world that was once a treasure. But it doesn't have to be that way. As Betty Saurez shows us with her indefatigable bravery and strength of character, the world of mischance and missed opportunities doesn't always get the upper hand. There are always more risks to take and adventures to pursue. Just because things haven't turned out as expected or life throws you a curve ball doesn't mean that the quest is finished. It's only a new path to follow. The world is a treasure not because it is inherently so, but because we make it so. Therefore...

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us." -Ralph Waldo Emerson