I had so many moments of "this would make a great blog post" during the last couple months ... but alas, they never made it from my brain to the internet. Part of me (the over-achiever Marcy Park in me) wishes I could go back in time and post everything so you would know I'm "responsible" and "serious" about life. And blogging. And stuff. But a bigger part of me (the 93% of me that has come to terms with my new condemnation-free lifestyle) quickly squashes that "if you had just done more you'd be good enough" philosophy.
After all, no day but today, right? March was full of madness and theatre and friends and new experiences and opportunities -- no wonder I didn't have time and/or energy to blog! Sometimes it's easy to look around at everyone else and think "If I could do that, I would be happy/successful/awesome/etc." -- but a lot of times, they aren't the things we want at all. They're the things that will kill us (figuratively speaking...I hope). I sometimes long for the ability to be uber organized and have a set schedule for ease of mind ... but then I remember that I HAVE lived like that before and HATED it. It went against who I was and kept me focusing on my weaknesses and I didn't have time to use my strengths ... I spent all day doing things that drained my energy and I lived in the world of "not-good-enough" and I never had time or energy for things that made me happy and fueled my soul!
Today? I wrote a scene for a play, did 5 loads of laundry, got paid to be creative and make a room look pretty, spent some time bird-watching in
One of my friends shared a quote with me recently that I absolutely LOVE:
Disciplined living gets you admired - Passionate living is contagious.
I so greatly desire to live passionately and give the people around me a chance to get excited about the possibilities that surround us every day. It's easy to be passionate about life and believe in the beauty of your dreams when those are exactly the things that surround you! When you live in your strengths and do what you love, it's wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy easier to be passionate!
The song I want to share with you today is "Change It" from 9 to 5: The Musical sung by the Original Broadway Cast featuring: Megan Hilty, Stephanie J. Block, and Allison Janney. And as is custom: here's one to listen & one to watch.
"Something gotcha down?
Gotcha chained and bound?
Well, break it."
"If you don't take the reins,
It's gonna stay the same.
Nothin's gonna change
If you don't change it."
"Something in your life
Isn't sitting right
Then fix it."
Isn't sitting right
Then fix it."
"...You're made of better stuff
And you can change it."
And you can change it."
"You don't want your little light to never shine.
Turn it on and get your
Goals in line!"
"When the road is dark and cold
Walk on...
Fearing not..."
Walk on...
Fearing not..."
