Letters to Sonrie

"I don't know yet what it is, or where it will be in reality, but I have a little house o' dreams all furnished in my imagination-a tiny, delightful castle in Spain".
-Anne (Montgomery 4).

So many available trips around the many countries of Europe... and not one that includes a trip to Spain. The path is so difficult. But hopefully one day I'll find my way to the seemingly unattainable. If I'm strong enough to endure it.
Though I don't know much about it, Spain seems to me a lovely place to visit. It would be my first or last stop for touring the world; I'm not sure which yet. Honestly, I'm not quite sure what it has to offer other than the Sunrise. I know they speak Spanish, and I've heard things about Madrid (that is in Spain, right?). But I still don't know much.
What I find funny is that the Travel Channel doesn't cover Spain much. I think I've seen a few things on it, but then I didn't have such a profound intrest in it.
I don't know what I'm hoping to find in Spain. Really, I haven't a clue why I'm so drawn to it. Perhaps that is what draws me to it; maybe I want to know what my curiosity wants to know.
I've been visited once, though the encounter wasn't likely to have the same effect on the visitor and the native resident. Maybe I'm looking to return the act just for curiosity's sake.
I may see the Sunrise, and I may not. But one day I'll make it to Spain, just to challenge the odds.

"The Substance of Things Hoped For"

"This world is wonderful to you because you're wonderful. There are always unfortunate people regardless of how wealthy they are. And there are fortunate people regardless of how poor they are. In the end, it's up to every individual to decide his or her happiness. You have the greatest wealth of all because you choose to be happy".
-Alicia (Aria: Amano 39-40)

Wealth is something often taken for granted in this time. Money, friendship, love...whatever the "wealth" may be, it's all the same.
I have often wondered what makes a truly wealthy person. Yes; one may possess a great deal of money, friendship, or even love. But is one really stronger than something else? And are these things individually what make our lives, literally or figuratively, rich?
Attitude is one certain thing that influences our "wealth". We cannot simply walk blindly into something and expect it to solve itself. One must work for and want to achieve happiness.
This is what I think it comes down to: Not money, friendship, or love, but happiness, is wealth.
Money, friendship, love, et cetera are part of the bigger picture of happiness. I think it's just the opposite that weath makes you happy. My belief is that happiness makes you wealthy. And although one may say that it is the same, it is not. The difference is subtle at first, it seems, but it gets to be more distinct as it is truly analyzed.
Choose to be happy, and fight for it. But do be careful of what you may think is most important, for it could be something else entirely.