…to life’s splendor.
That was the quote I received on the top of my Magic Hat #9 beer cap the other day and I can’t seem to throw it away. I walked around my neighborhood yesterday. It was cloudy, windy, cold and it felt like snow was coming. I repeated this statement to myself “surrender to life’s splendor” as I walked around trying to find my sanity on the streets of Brookline. Like a mantra. It helped get me through the streets. It brought me home, without tears. I tried to list reasons to be happy about being here, now, with my husband, in Boston. Unfortunately all I could think about was how much I missed walking around my neighborhood in Eugene. I always found my sanity on those walks through the trees. I miss it like crazy (my sanity and the trees).
For now I am going to try to remember to surrender (it even rhymes) and enjoy every day as it comes. Like the beer cap says.
Funny where inspiration comes from sometimes. Oprah, a Starbucks cup, the top of a beer bottle and sometimes even inside the bottle.
Where do you find inspiration?
I miss Eugene too. I never thought I would say I miss Eugene when I was living there, but dang, it was a pretty good place to live.
By: Jon on February 19, 2009
at 4:08 pm
It will be spring soon! Things will get greener and then it will be easier to find sanity!
By: Monica on February 20, 2009
at 7:36 am
the spring and the fall here are not bad. when i lived in beaverton, i would take long drives through the country, or the west hills when i needed peace. we have no hills here, but i can still find country if i go far enough out. in the summers, when the heat is so awful that i just want to jump off a cliff, i drive home through the country. open all the windows, take off the sunroof, turn up the music, and just drive.
By: April on February 20, 2009
at 8:34 am
that’s true. the spring is pretty darn great here. that first warm day after you’re ass has been frozen for months. I guess I have that to look forward to.
By: Emily on February 20, 2009
at 9:38 am