This story is about the B word. It's the word I have heard so many times. It is a sacred word that means everything to some. It is what forms who they are. I could have never imagined someone so proud of where they come from. Brittany, "the most beautiful" region in France, according to some.

Do you know a time when you are so excited about something that you cannot wait to tell the other person? And this something excites you so much, it makes complete sense in your eyes. You think you can transfer this excitement to the other person, make them see what you see, and feel what you can feel. But then, you get disappointed because they do not feel the same, and you do not understand why they cannot appreciate simple things. It is not easy to realize, though, that each one of us falls in love on our own. It is about our joys and the discovery of these joys. It is about seeing things through one's lenses. Even if both of you appreciate the same thing, you probably do it for different reasons.

I close my eyes and listen. You can describe what you see, or in this case, what you hear, but how does one name what the moment makes them feel? I smell flowers, I hear seagulls, and the power of the wind causes your body to shiver. And when I open my eyes, I see vast waters hitting the rocks of the shore, a grass greener than I am used to seeing, and all the wilderness. One moment, everything is bright, and the next, clouds bring gentle showering. And suddenly, everything makes sense, and you notice the beauty of it. Brittany is like a life, comes to my mind. It is the wilderness, imperfections, variety, and struggles, all of it, that make our lives real. That is why life is beautiful. Beauty does not come only from perfection, but it does come from reality. No matter how hard that reality is, we learn to appreciate it.

I have visited Brittany multiple times, and I have seen different places, but I did not love what he loved. For some time, I did not see what I could have seen. And this is because I tried to see through somebody else lenses. It is when you slow down, when you let go, that you start to see and feel for yourself. And you will notice your own perspective. It is about what you discover on your own and what you discover within you. Dare to look.