"We spend too much time living in the ‘what if’ and need to learn to live in the ‘what is." - Leroy Allison

Most everyone we talk to asks us what all we have been up to, where we have been, and if we are taking advantage of all of the opportunities of living here. Sometimes it seems like we have to remind people that we are still living a real life. This was my dream, but we still have laundry to do, bills to pay, work full time, and we don’t have a dishwasher. We can’t take advantage of everything to do around here all of the time because we also need to go grocery shopping (which is only possible on Saturdays), I am tired on Fridays from work just like I was at home, and sometimes it’s nice just to stay home. At least while we watch our American TV, we can still see France out the window.

This got me wondering, though, why don’t we turn the question around on them? Just like this is two years of our lives, this is also two years of theirs. They are living where they choose to live and doing what they choose to do. It’s easy to think of our time here as temporary and something we should really soak up, but isn’t that true for everyone? Are you really taking advantage of where you are right now?