It's been a while since I've updated this blog, and it's cause I've come to realize that while I'm a very consistent person in some aspects of my life, I'm not very consistent in others - and blogging happens to fall into the "not very consistent" category. I've decided that I'm going to try and post at least a couple of times a week and see where that goes. So, here it is.
I went to ArtPrize in downtown Grand Rapids today and saw some of the most heartwarming things I've seen in a long time - I was present for Rob Bliss' "100,000 paper planes and melodies over Monroe" and while it was beautiful all on it's own, I think the sheer number of people that showed up for this event was amazing. People coming together, no matter what the background, what the belief, what kind of lifestyle, and participating in one afternoon of togetherness, one afternoon of the SAME thing. It was amazing. Thousands of people filled the street for a section of about 5 blocks and musicians of every skill level played in the street the same song....and thousands of colorful paper airplanes were dropped from the rooftops of several multi-story buildings.....while it was a little anti-climatic, I don't think that was the point of the whole thing today. I think it was more about bringing people together and showing that we all can have something in common, regardless of our walk of life and what we're going through.
It's also my little sisters birthday today. She's 24, and her boyfriend of the last four years proposed to her last night. She's over the moon and he's so happy to know that she'll be his for the rest of his life. Her ring is gorgeous, and I couldn't be happier as the "big sister" to welcome her boyfriend (fiance!) to the family along with my parents and older brother.
Today, the sunshine, the cool breeze, the ladder my dad donated in honor and memory of my late Grandfather to an ArtPrize exhibit, the celebratory dinner I had with my family for my sisters birthday and for the first time, the honest and true belief in myself that I'm worth more than the things in this life I'm currently settling for, the fact that I got a text from an old friend asking if I was downtown today, because they heard my voice in a crowd of people, but couldn't find me, made me smile. Tonight, I will go to bed with my head held high, and the knowledge that tomorrow begins the day that I stop settling. There are things that are beyond my control in this life, and it's time for me to let things happen as they may. It's not up to me.
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