A poster I saw at Pike's Place this weekend. I'm SO ready to fly there. Carpe Diem "Be happy, happy, happy, And seize the day of pleasure" - Robert Frost I was talking with my friend Eric, whom I co-direct programming with for MiVoden, this weekend on our trip to Seattle. He was talking about looking at everything for the first time, really living in the present. He challenged me to go outside and look at nature without thinking about what I've known or been taught about it from the past, or what I think for the future, but to look at it for what I see now. I love that. So, today I went for a bike ride and looked at everything for the first time. The only problem is that there are too many things, so to prevent any possible anxiety I quickly looked at the Blue Jay flying past me. I wondered why God created him with such a long tail, why his colors were a mix of white, blue and black, or how many feathers did he have. Just really looking at him. There's ...
She had swept up the pieces that had somehow fallen so neatly in place. Eagerly, she bent down to pick them up and hold them in her youthful hands, for they were hers, all hers. But suddenly a harsh wind blew past and stole the pieces from her inexperienced grip, scattering them amidst the mania before her.
"the mania before her" I like that, because it sounds like it's got a lot of potential. maybe i just really like that word mania. :) I never know why stuff falls into place, and then seems to fall out of place, but I believe in reason, in a blessing I don't understand, in rain falling on the wicked and the just....SO, take heart Tina R! See me soon?! :)
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