After a very long (and most likely still not quite over) winter, it's so wonderful to see a little ray of sunshine peeking through the gray clouds. It's days like these that I am so grateful for living in such a beautiful city.
I hear a lot of people complain about the seemingly endless gray skies and rain, but for some reason the weather doesn't bother me. Yes, I am excited when there is sunshine, but I also have days when I wish for rain. It reminds me of the yin and yang: how can you appreciate sunshine if you never have rain?
In Washington, we have a special way of judging the weather: Mt. Rainier. If you ever hear someone say, "she's out today!," you know it's a good day.
I am appreciative for our 4 separate and distinct Washington seasons!
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Saturday, April 2, 2011
To...?
I apologize that the last post was so cryptic. It's difficult when things happen in your personal life that are too complex to describe in a blog post or too, well, personal. In this case, my writing about it would be intruding on someone else's personal life. And that's just not fair of me, is it?
What I will say is something happened recently to a person I love dearly.
A miracle of sorts.
This person had been struggling for years with depression and anxiety and two weeks ago she found herself, as she put it, "healed."
Now, I'm not a very religious person. I was raised Catholic and attended a private Catholic high school, but I'm still not even sure I believe in a god. Any god.
However, what happened to this person is beyond logic and reason. In fact, it is so awesome I feel like I'm holding my breath just waiting for a (inevitable?) crash. Something this magnificent can't truly be real, can it?
How can someone wake up one day and quit smoking cold turkey, be open to trying new things when in the past they had been afraid, spend time in public spaces without feeling anxiety, be willing to do things on her own when previously she had needed almost constant companionship from a loved one?
How can she defy every reality she faced just a mere two weeks ago?
I don't have an answer.
All I can say is, thank you.
I don't know who or what I'm thanking, but THANK YOU!
A more precious gift could not exist than giving someone their life back.
What I will say is something happened recently to a person I love dearly.
A miracle of sorts.
This person had been struggling for years with depression and anxiety and two weeks ago she found herself, as she put it, "healed."
Now, I'm not a very religious person. I was raised Catholic and attended a private Catholic high school, but I'm still not even sure I believe in a god. Any god.
However, what happened to this person is beyond logic and reason. In fact, it is so awesome I feel like I'm holding my breath just waiting for a (inevitable?) crash. Something this magnificent can't truly be real, can it?
How can someone wake up one day and quit smoking cold turkey, be open to trying new things when in the past they had been afraid, spend time in public spaces without feeling anxiety, be willing to do things on her own when previously she had needed almost constant companionship from a loved one?
How can she defy every reality she faced just a mere two weeks ago?
I don't have an answer.
All I can say is, thank you.
I don't know who or what I'm thanking, but THANK YOU!
A more precious gift could not exist than giving someone their life back.
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