International Lifestyle Magazine Issue 55 | Page 6

A D O O R WA Y O P E N E D Wo r d s : L y n n N i c h o l s o n A s I sit to write this article, I cannot help but think back to my previous life. As I sit now and look out across lemon groves, see the apricots growing on the trees, the backdrop of the mountains and the sound of birds singing in the trees, I am filled with an inner warmth. This is not about gloating but about understanding that I have found the inner me. I am living the life I was put on this planet for. It is a feeling I want everyone in the world to share. For some, this may well sound too far out there, and I was once guilty of these emotions too. We grow up, most of us, in a world that almost dictates to us through a series of doors, each one marked with a direction we are led to take. Go to school, study, get exams, get a