School started up just about a month ago and things have been chugging right along. Classes, rehearsals, seeing shows, auditioning for shows, homework, friends.... it's all just sailing by. I can't believe we open CHARM in two weeks. I graduate with my bachelors degree in just 86 days (including weekends and holidays...but who's counting?). Nothing is taking its time about this semester, and I'm pretty okay with that. I've been feeling so content, peaceful, adjusted... it's a pretty sweet change. And I'm pretty sure it was all to do with some major things that got put into perspective over the summer.
Some of my dearest friends had a pretty taxing summer break: Illnesses, breakups, family rifts, addiction problems, the works.
But it was inspiring to watch these incredible friends of mine deal with their struggles in such a strong and mature way. Sure it was tough, sure people had breakdowns and got lost on the way, but everyone is landing on their feet and proving that it takes a lot more than whatever life threw at them to knock them out.
SO
I decided that for this school year I wanted to focus on proving to myself that I could handle the hard-knocks life was going to throw at me. I can take care of myself.
I also wanted to focus less on other people and what their business was.
I wanted to be fully involved in my own life, and I wanted to be there for my friends but also take the time to care for myself and be healthy and happy. So I approached this semester with an outlook of positivity. I wanted to look at the bright side of things, avoid gossiping about people, spend quality time with the people I love. This little mantra hangs on the wall in our living room:
I wanted to be fully involved in my own life, and I wanted to be there for my friends but also take the time to care for myself and be healthy and happy. So I approached this semester with an outlook of positivity. I wanted to look at the bright side of things, avoid gossiping about people, spend quality time with the people I love. This little mantra hangs on the wall in our living room:
I've decided to be, at the very least, an Average mind. And I aspire to be a Great mind. It takes work, and I'm not 100% there yet, but even just keeping the idea in the back of my head has made a huge difference.
ALSO- I'm chosing to be happy. I laugh. I play. I stay involved. I do the things I want to do. I make a concious decision to be an 'up' person.
That's all it takes. Finding the joy in the little things, worrying less about the small stuff and trusting that the big stuff will end up as it should. Watching some of my closest friends struggle with some pretty huge life stuff this summer has made me realize just how important it is to treasure what we have, and know that those day-to-day worries are tiny in the grand scheme of things. And that, unless a life is on the line, those 'stressful' events aren't really all that bad.
such a
Simple Idea
has such
Grand Side-Effects
and it's
Simply Wonderful.