Inspired by Miley Cyrus' album "Endless Summer Vacation" and the celebration of my first year abroad, I planned my return to Sicily with this special vacation trip with my friend, Jessy
For the first time in my life I experienced winter for real. I saw everything around me lose its colors, vitality and energy. Everything seemed cold and apathetic.
But luckily now is also the first time I experience the end of such a severe period and of course I will celebrate accordingly! My adaptation period is over, I already understood the rules of the game for those who navigate "alone", so now I'm going to throw myself into this amazing world and face my first summer by myself.
Let's see the flowers bloom, feel the sun kiss our face, walk hand in hand along the beach, feel the breeze through the car window and take a beautiful restorative dip in the blue sea. Jumping in the pool, wearing little clothes, listening to the click of flip-flops along the way. Starting the party when the sun goes down and only going home after it rises again on the horizon. I'll even do some exercises in the morning, are you up for it?
Grab your guitar, let's sing the songs that remind us of our roots. See the movement and flirt with the crowd as if we were rock stars. Make lifelong friendships that will become strangers before the next season begins. Dance like no one cares until the body is warmed up, then we have a nice drink of a cold beer and it's all over. Let's sail through the sea and through the unknown within us.
If we sit at a table with a deck of cards, the night will turn into day before we finish. I can already feel my cheeks hurting from laughing so much. I already feel laziness wrapped in the swing of a hammock.
And I know that one day winter will return, friendships will drift away, love will end and routine will occupy us until we have a new prosperous moment of freedom. But until then, let's make this summer our endless vacation, leaving unforgettable memories like tattoos on our skin.
Let's live not as if each day were our last one (we know that this is unlikely to be true), but with the certainty that even if other moments like this happen, they will never be repeated. Everything is finite, even if it seems eternal. The sun is likely to shine and touch our skin tomorrow as it did today, but it is unlikely that I am here and you are with me. So let's live those details that make each minute special for the set of small miracles that make it up.
Next summer won't be like this one, just like this one won't be like the last. We're becoming masters at making each moment unique, aren't we? Or maybe we're just getting older and recognizing that everything changes, that life's cycles push us forward as much as they bring the past to the surface to confront us and show us how much we've evolved - without losing humility and recognizing how much we can still get better. The way is to make peace with both: the past and the future (only then will we won't go crazy).
We are no longer the same. Does it scare you or comfort you?
I'm ready for an unforgettable journey. And you, do you already know which story you want to tell about this summer?
