This Is What’s Happening

This Is What’s Happening

The night before I flew to Costa Rica for the first trip this summer, I had that stomach-sinking, something’s-gonna-go-wrong feeling. My brain ran through worst-case scenarios at warp speed. Plane crash. Emergency back home. Some looming dread I couldn’t name.

I almost canceled the whole trip. But I didn’t.

Instead, I paused and told myself: “This is what’s happening.” Not in a resigned way. In a grounding way. Because sometimes the mind just spins stories—and you don’t have to follow them.

Acceptance doesn’t mean giving up. It means recognizing what’s real and choosing how to respond. What shall be, shall be. And what was, ended up being beautiful.