Outside Myself
Last weekend I found myself among family and friends, old and new, experiencing the great joys life has to offer, laughing until my stomach and throat hurt and living on the fly. I don’t think I’ve ever had such a short vacation become so full. I was bouncing from one place to the next, trying to squeeze every possible happy moment out of each day. I can safely say I succeeded.
Those are the kind of vacations where you realize how much is going on in lives all around you, all the time. I didn’t have a chance to stop and worry about anything, to rehearse my actions or words in my head prior to speaking them, or fret about my problems. I was experiencing life in other people’s worlds. I was completely outside myself, which I love. When you become so focused on yourself, you are your own worst enemy.
Putting yourself first is sometimes important, but putting yourself second really keeps you humble. You see through others' eyes, experience life as they know it and begin to understand and sympathize. The compassion grows and so does the joy. Reaching across those boundaries keeps you alive and keeps life interesting.
I really do believe that when friends get together and have an awesome time, there’s a temporary bubble of giddiness in the air that follows you wherever you go together. It’s so strong it can affect people around you. I like to think my crazy antics with my best girlfriends bring joy or at least amusement to people we pass as we hang out, but who knows what they’re thinking? That’s the beauty of it: In those moments, I don’t know what they’re thinking, and instead of worrying about it, I let it go.
Thank you to my best friends, the ladies that give me confidence and loosen my mind, make me laugh and smile infinitely. Thank you to my family for giving me a comfortable place to always call home, to speak my mind freely and be myself, flaws and all. My mind is a dangerous place to be alone, and when I get the chance to open the door and step outside into some social sunshine, I take it and run with it.
Those are the kind of vacations where you realize how much is going on in lives all around you, all the time. I didn’t have a chance to stop and worry about anything, to rehearse my actions or words in my head prior to speaking them, or fret about my problems. I was experiencing life in other people’s worlds. I was completely outside myself, which I love. When you become so focused on yourself, you are your own worst enemy.
Putting yourself first is sometimes important, but putting yourself second really keeps you humble. You see through others' eyes, experience life as they know it and begin to understand and sympathize. The compassion grows and so does the joy. Reaching across those boundaries keeps you alive and keeps life interesting.
I really do believe that when friends get together and have an awesome time, there’s a temporary bubble of giddiness in the air that follows you wherever you go together. It’s so strong it can affect people around you. I like to think my crazy antics with my best girlfriends bring joy or at least amusement to people we pass as we hang out, but who knows what they’re thinking? That’s the beauty of it: In those moments, I don’t know what they’re thinking, and instead of worrying about it, I let it go.
Thank you to my best friends, the ladies that give me confidence and loosen my mind, make me laugh and smile infinitely. Thank you to my family for giving me a comfortable place to always call home, to speak my mind freely and be myself, flaws and all. My mind is a dangerous place to be alone, and when I get the chance to open the door and step outside into some social sunshine, I take it and run with it.
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