here we go again

This honestly has to be about the 4th blog I've ever started. My problem seems to be that I forget passwords and such and am never able to get back into the darned things. Fortunately, this one is attached to my Google account or something... so hopefully that helps.

Here we go!

Last night I was exhausted from burlesque rehearsing all day. So, after a long relaxing shower I took up residence on my couch to watch movies. My second choice of the night (The Princess Bride) provided me with some excellent words to live by:

"We'll never survive!"
"Nonsense. You only say that because no one ever has."

Now some people might think these are rather dangerous words to live by, but I think they're inspiring. They remind one to sometimes take chances, risks and leaps of faith. Just because no one has ever done it doesn't make it impossible. I think that's one of the most important things to remember when creating anything (and living in general).

This summer I've very much discovered I would rather not live inside the lines. Life is big and loud and noisy and messy, but inside all that there is beauty and joy and freedom and colour. I would rather live all of those to the fullest than only get halfway there and say "that's enough, thanks". I think this is because I've realized lately that I have time. I have time to make mistakes, to figure myself out, to change my mind. It's rather freeing, really.

I'm going to continue with something from the old blog. That is, always listing something I am grateful for. Today I am grateful for still having the Three Amigos. It was a truly testing summer of us all working together all the time, but we made it through the other end without killing each other and I'm proud to call both of them my good friends. They are both talented and upstanding young gentlemen in their own ways. In fact, I'm going to lunch with them in a few minutes!

I made a promise to myself at the beginning of this summer that I would be happy. As the season comes to a close it's looking like I really have made good on the promise.

Happy isn't somewhere you get to, it's something you make out of what you have.

-K