Monday, October 8, 2007

Outside Of You Is Air

If you are in your head, bummed, exhausted from being exhausted from exerting and trying and showing up for your life...and you can't build a house for humanity right now, can't go to Africa right now, can't save the world...right now...get out of your house, RIGHT NOW, and go see a friend do their thing: go to their comedy show, concert, art exhibit, baseball game, piano recital. Or if those events don't happen in your town or with your friends, ask a friend if you can come over to their place and watch a movie of their choosing or listen to music they like or eat a meal they prepare.

BOTTOM LINE: GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD AND GET INTO SOMEONE'S ELSE'S.

Be a part of of another's life for a night. It will peel your eyes open and your heart...it will split your heart open. You will know that you are not the only one on THE PLANET. You can be a follower instead of a leader, a passenger instead of a driver. We need to right shotgun sometimes because steering too much can really carpal tunnel your hands.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

HOW MUCH DO I LOVE YOU...GOD WAS JUST ABOUT TO WRITE MY ENTRY TO THE MOMENT AND TO FIND THIS...ARE WE THE SAME? I MEAN THE MORE DAYS THAT PASS THE MORE I AM YOU. JUST GOT BACK FROM OUTSIDE CAUSE I LITERALLY WAS TEARING UP AT MY DESK, STARING OUT THE WINDOW, WONDERFING WHAT I AM DOING...MY SISTER TOLD ME TO BREATHE, BUT MY OFFICE AIR IS TOO DRY, STALE...SO I WENT OUTSIDE. NOW FOR SURE I HAVE TO GO TO BOXING TONIGHT, JUST SO IM NOT STUCK BEHIND THAT CRAZY STEERING WHEEL OF MINE AGAIN. I NEED TO RIDE SHOTTY.
LOVE YOU FOR UR BRILLIANCE MADDY

Bridgett Hayes said...

Awesome post! We should all try this...