Between being sick, busy, and/or a total emo brat, I haven't posted my normal "Thursday Thankfulness" column in far too long, and you know what? I um...kind of missed it. I think in those emo-brat days I needed this blog the most and didn't realize it. I am back though...and ready to share with you those things that evoked peace, passion, and love within me this week.
Thinks That Inspired Peace:
*My roommate finally ponying up my (quite) belated birthday present; a DVD of Meet the Robinsons. Such a great movie, but believe it or not the gift has a story behind it and it was actually quite a thoughtful gift.
*Closing an entire season. Yes, it's been a teensy bit rough for this half of the season, and yes, I still have a ton of work to do. But I did it. I made a season. And however it ended, now it's on to season two, and there is definitely a sense of calm about that.
*I season two that I know I will be continually inspired by.
*Visits from two of my favorite people in the entire world...and visits we had a complete blast during.
*Walks along the Stone-Arch-Bridge. (Check out the rockin' photo from the bridge that I took last year at the top of this entry)
*The cast of our final show of this season. They gave hilarious and touching performances, and it was a wonderful run.
Things that Evoked Passion:
*The Northern Spark festival; a festival of light, art, and my aforementioned out of town friends getting really silly. We "made friends" with other groups by snapping photos with them unwittingly. We climbed into tiny houses. We ate junk food, drank beer, and took spontaneous trips all over the Twin Cities.OH, and somewhere along the way I ate the best vegan cupcake of my life.
*Poetry by Maya Angelou and William Butler Yeats.
*Seeing different out of town guests expand their traditional Southern horizons by agreeing to see art they normally wouldn't, reading about other cultures, and eating at restaurants that normally "aren't their thing".
*Realizing that even while my heart is breaking, I would still rather be downtrodden but know that I am capable of love than to be completely cynical and unfeeling.
*Owning up to my guilty pleasure obsession with lomography.
Things I Just Plain Loved:
*Cheating on my diet TWICE in one week. Definitely not going to make a habit out of it...but it just felt right with the roomie's fam in town.
*Discovering this band while on a seemingly ordinary walk at Father Hennepin Park.
*Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris; I wasn't expecting him to indulge in a fairy tale...but am so glad that he did!
*My first trip to the Mall of America since living in Minnesota. I took the roommate's family and we really did it up! Amusement park, the aquarium (with the Jellyfish exhibit, which I adored), and getting almost all the way through all four floors.
*Playing Cranium...and this hilarious moment where my Cranium partner drew the Creative Cat during a Cloodle, instead of the actual hint.
*Scattergories. Always.
Something that's been all over the blogosphere lately bears mentioning too, as it has in turn inspired peace, passion, and love in lots of places: the idea of true, genuine compliments. Real compliments. Compliments about the souls of those you love, and not their shoes. Compliments about their personality, their business savvy, their aura. I challenged my Facebook friends to deeply, passionately, selflessly compliment someone that they never have or haven't in awhile and I did the same. Some really great things came out of it and so I want to continue the challenge indefinitely to everyone on my blog. You love that people that you love for a reason, and it's not because their purse is your favorite color. Tell them why it is. You'll be glad you did (and so will they).
Wishing you each peace, passion, and love on this lovely, breezy Thursday.
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