I cannot believe it's taken me this long to get a post on this bad boy for March! Honestly, it's because this month has been filled with fun and excitement and too many moments of memory making!
Since my time having fun has distracted me from writing much this month, I figured what better way than to have this (last week) of this month of March be focused on memory making and moments with people you love!
I know that work and stress and life can surely get in the way of "making memories" or "finding sunshine in tiny moments" but honestly I feel like it's a necessary part of life and human happiness. I know a lot of people that are constantly stressed with work or family issues and so many times these are things out of their control. Most of the time when we're in those stressful situations, we don't realize that. It's important to accept that the only thing we have control over in our lives is ourselves and the choices we make; literally nobody and nothing else is in our control.
For a long time I tried to control every aspect of my life and realized I was missing out on so much happiness and love and fun that was right in front of my eyes, but I just wasn't making time for little moments or creating memories to capture those moments.
Over the last two months, I worked with the Habima Theatre which does productions for all special needs casts. This was something I've wanted to do for a long long time and just didn't take any initiative to make it happen. I always said "I'll do it next year." But this year I did! It truly changed me as a person and made me better because of each and everyone I encountered and found friendship with. I was able to revel in all of the tiny milestones that I saw reached within each individual cast member, whom I now call friends, and was able to find pride and joy in each "accomplishment" I felt them reach. Like Mark getting his lines right because we rehearsed them together before the show every night, or finding that quiet Thomas thought it was hilarious when we lip sang "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and roared with laughter every time, or when Evie who never sang backstage began coming out to sing with the background voices during the last week of shows.
These moments with people that were strangers to me last month literally made me a happier and better person. Even if they were just moments in a day, they were moments that for just that short time, we all felt something different inside than we had the rest of the day.
Society doesn't want us to feel like people used to. Society urges us to be robots in a mechanical, technology centered world where life is on screens rather than with humans standing right beside us. We must go in search of the happiness and positive feelings we want in life with the people we want to find those things with. We must first seek, and thus we will find.
Through some time of reflection of making memories and cherishing moments, I also booked a trip to Denver, Colorado to go visit my friends next month, took a leap and decided to buy my ticket to attend Bonaroo '17 this June with some amazing girlfriends, went to a concert with some amazing best friends and loved ones of mine, and prepped for a big audition I have coming up in a few days!
To find sunshiney moments and make more memories, I had to take a little less time working, and more time seeking for happiness and hope. I surely think I found an abundance of both during this month of March.
So even though there is only a week left to focus on this, find time during this week to make some unforgettable memories. Find happiness and pride in sunshiney moments like smiling at a stranger, and them smiling back, or laughing with your best friend about a silly story, or having a good productive day to yourself; whatever moments you want to find or have, go after them.
We only have one single life to live!
Live it happy.
Live it well.
Live it with more sunshine than you did yesterday.
And no matter what the world brings you, never forget to SHARE your sunshine with others.
Since my time having fun has distracted me from writing much this month, I figured what better way than to have this (last week) of this month of March be focused on memory making and moments with people you love!
I know that work and stress and life can surely get in the way of "making memories" or "finding sunshine in tiny moments" but honestly I feel like it's a necessary part of life and human happiness. I know a lot of people that are constantly stressed with work or family issues and so many times these are things out of their control. Most of the time when we're in those stressful situations, we don't realize that. It's important to accept that the only thing we have control over in our lives is ourselves and the choices we make; literally nobody and nothing else is in our control.
For a long time I tried to control every aspect of my life and realized I was missing out on so much happiness and love and fun that was right in front of my eyes, but I just wasn't making time for little moments or creating memories to capture those moments.
Over the last two months, I worked with the Habima Theatre which does productions for all special needs casts. This was something I've wanted to do for a long long time and just didn't take any initiative to make it happen. I always said "I'll do it next year." But this year I did! It truly changed me as a person and made me better because of each and everyone I encountered and found friendship with. I was able to revel in all of the tiny milestones that I saw reached within each individual cast member, whom I now call friends, and was able to find pride and joy in each "accomplishment" I felt them reach. Like Mark getting his lines right because we rehearsed them together before the show every night, or finding that quiet Thomas thought it was hilarious when we lip sang "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and roared with laughter every time, or when Evie who never sang backstage began coming out to sing with the background voices during the last week of shows.
These moments with people that were strangers to me last month literally made me a happier and better person. Even if they were just moments in a day, they were moments that for just that short time, we all felt something different inside than we had the rest of the day.
Society doesn't want us to feel like people used to. Society urges us to be robots in a mechanical, technology centered world where life is on screens rather than with humans standing right beside us. We must go in search of the happiness and positive feelings we want in life with the people we want to find those things with. We must first seek, and thus we will find.
Through some time of reflection of making memories and cherishing moments, I also booked a trip to Denver, Colorado to go visit my friends next month, took a leap and decided to buy my ticket to attend Bonaroo '17 this June with some amazing girlfriends, went to a concert with some amazing best friends and loved ones of mine, and prepped for a big audition I have coming up in a few days!
To find sunshiney moments and make more memories, I had to take a little less time working, and more time seeking for happiness and hope. I surely think I found an abundance of both during this month of March.
So even though there is only a week left to focus on this, find time during this week to make some unforgettable memories. Find happiness and pride in sunshiney moments like smiling at a stranger, and them smiling back, or laughing with your best friend about a silly story, or having a good productive day to yourself; whatever moments you want to find or have, go after them.
We only have one single life to live!
Live it happy.
Live it well.
Live it with more sunshine than you did yesterday.
And no matter what the world brings you, never forget to SHARE your sunshine with others.
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