I'm learning to take life as it comes. Isn't that one of the hardest lessons? Learning to take life moment by moment, minute by minute, mundane event by mundane event? Then learn what you can from each.
Moment: My sweet friend opened a beautiful show at the Seattle Rep (Lizard Boy) that starred another sweet friend. It's incredible. Truly. They both have worked for several years, withstood two major losses to their lives (and their creative team), and persevered to put on one of the most beautiful shows I've ever seen. Really, if you can make it tomorrow for their closing show... GO!
Learnings: Why did I stop enjoying art? I loved theater. I went abroad to study theater. It used to consume so much of my life and now it has been relegated to the smallest corner of my brain. Until Lizard Boy. My amazing friends have made their dreams come true and I work in insurance. Ouch. So now with a boyfriend who loves far away, I bought single tickets to three different shows in the next three weeks: Jasper in Deadland tonight, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof next week, then Jacques Brel is Alive and Well in two weeks. Every ticket I bought was under $30! I hope to bring more theater into my life from here on out since it seems to make me a happier person.
Minute: I sat in a restaurant in downtown yesterday with a dear friend with toddler twins and caught up for an hour and a half and I left feeling like we needed another two days. I left with a smile and a hug and an "I love you" over the shoulder as we walked in opposite directions and it made the whole day brighter.
Learnings: Why do I waste my time with people who don't make me feel like this? Why do I make room in my life for people who make me feel anything less than radiantly happy and worthy? My resolution: more time with the amazing-bright-funny-happy-artistic-loving friends and less with the ones who... aren't.
Mundane: You know those metal puzzles that drive everyone insane? The ones where you have to untangle two (or more) seemingly totally connected and impossibly linked together metal pieces? I GOT ONE APART!!
Learnings: YEEESSSS!!!! I AM SO SMART AND ACCOMPLISHED!!!
It feels really good to put thoughts down somewhere again.
