What are you supposed to do with things you love? Just cherish them? Listen to the music you love, hug the people you're enamored of, pipe up if someone mentions a Greek myth and say, "Hey, that's my favorite"?
Do you replicate the things you love? Obsess about them?
What if that doesn't seem like enough? Sometimes I feel so strongly about things--silly things, mind you, like a phrase or a painting--that I wish I could inject them into my bloodstream so they could become a part of me. It never seems adequate to just comment, "yes, I like that." I wish there was more to do. I'd get a symbolic tattoo of everything I'm passionate about if I could afford it--make these tokens part of my skin.
Instead, every day in February I am sharing something with you that I love. This is my cyber-commonplace book, after all. This is where I house those little tidbits of life that give me hope and make me glad I woke up today.
I complained about feeling uninspired, unmotivated, absolutely stuck. Gratitude is the thread that leads me back to action, time and time again. Here's hoping a decent grateful February will lead me through to my 24th birthday with a thankful heart.
1 comment:
Wow. Just wow. You really get it.
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