DAY 4: Write about what you imagine paradise to be like.

I started off by ignoring/delaying this prompt, because it is such a hard one! And then I got busy, and never ever did it. I am on day four of thirty and I started this like two months ago. Oops.

Paradise to me would be anywhere, preferably next to a body of water, where I would be surrounded by the people I love. It could be camping at a lake or in a little shack by the pacific ocean or a cute old house near the gulf. Or in the hills, like east tennessee or rwanda. Preferably a combination of all of the above. I would probably take naps in hammocks every day and eat chocolate covered strawberries. In my paradise I would be married to my best friend and giddy and in love. I would constantly be growing and learning. I would always feel so close to Jesus that my love for Him would give me butterflies in my stomach. Money wouldn't exist. It would be about 70 degrees, and October. I would work hard and play hard, and visit Africa and the Nile, and love it so much that I decided to move there, where my OTHER paradise would be living in a village there, and I would be fluent in the language, and be able to grow to love people who seem so different than me. Also, it could only be paradise to me if it were paradise to other people too, including global peace and more fairly distributed resources. Duh. I would have a job that I felt good at and that needed me. It might be a lot like hairy lemon island, in uganda: