Make the most of every opportunity we have. Often times, when we're in our daily grind, we take for granted the gift of a new day. Days come and go. They can get monotonous. We never know when our last one will be until it's already gone. I'm as guilty as anyone. But these last couple of weeks have really shown me how valuable each day can be. They've been full of new experiences, new faces, and new ideas. I know it's easy for me to say, as I travel from place to place, but there are ways we can all do this in our day-to-day lives. Whether it's reconnecting with old friends, greeting a stranger on the street, reading a new book, or going down a new path on the way home There are so many ways we can break the daily monotony and find ways to give back and gain from every single day. Lives can completely transform in a day. I know I will, not look at a single day in the same way after this experience.
A week seems like such a long time when each day is a new adventure. When I last left y'all, I was on my way to San Pedro at Lake Atitlán. The lake and the surrounding towns were beautiful. We spent three nights in town at Mikaso, a hotel right on the lake. When we arrived Monday evening, we were greeted by a beautiful sunset over the lake and the surrounding volcanoes (San Pedro and Atitlán). It was a nice, tranquil place to spend a few days. We spent the first day shooting pool, reading on the deck, kayaking/swimming around the lake and relaxing in the hot tub. The views as we kayaked around the lake were pretty incredible. The lake is nestled in the highlands surrounded by mountains and volcanoes. We navigated around the shores of San Pedro for about an hour. At one point, we kayaked through an abandoned house on the water right next to our hotel. It was full of graffiti and some pretty cool street art.
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