I love live football games! I love the families that wait in line for 2 hours before the gates open. And when the gate does open, I love the sound of the very first ticket scan-a pleasant chirp signaling the start of a new season. I love the smell of the concession stands-hot dogs, pretzels, popcorn and roasted almonds. But more than that, I love the deafening sound of the crowd when the home team scores, or the equally deafening silence when the favorite player goes down with an injury. The sunshine on the field and the blue sky overhead...the perfect day. The sea of blue and white, the band, the drumline, even the heat wasn't enough to ruin this day.
Our stadium holds about 65,000 people. 65,000 people left their air conditioning to come sweat on the bleachers as they cheered their team on! I can't help but think that each of those 65,000 people have individual lives...each are different, each have their own likes and dislikes. I don't know how to explain it, but sometimes that makes me feel so insignificant....so small. 1 in 65,000. How can I ever be found?
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
Just the beginning....
When I was younger I had an dream of what my life would be like when I grew up. But, the more I grow-up, the more I realize that that dream is not happening. Sometimes I wonder what went wrong. But most of the time, I wonder how all of it went so right.
I suppose I was just being silly. I imagined my whole life out, only putting in the big moments, graduating from high school, going to college, marriage, raising a family etc. I never thought that, however important those big moments are, it's the little moments that I've fallen in love with.
Life is just so beautiful. Today I laid down on the soft grass under a tree and just stared into its sunshine touched leaves and the deep blue sky behind them. And I just breathed. All around me, the world just stopped. I stopped with it and took time to realize that no matter what life throws at you, you're still alive! You're still alive and there is a whole world worth enjoying out there.
As I look back on my life, I see hundreds of small incidents that have shaped me into who I am right now. Some of those were not the most pleasant experiences either! My life has not been all sunshine and roses. Some of it I've spent slogging through a swamp! But I would never want to change a thing. Those swamps and roses have brought me where I am now, and I am happy here!!
I suppose I was just being silly. I imagined my whole life out, only putting in the big moments, graduating from high school, going to college, marriage, raising a family etc. I never thought that, however important those big moments are, it's the little moments that I've fallen in love with.
Life is just so beautiful. Today I laid down on the soft grass under a tree and just stared into its sunshine touched leaves and the deep blue sky behind them. And I just breathed. All around me, the world just stopped. I stopped with it and took time to realize that no matter what life throws at you, you're still alive! You're still alive and there is a whole world worth enjoying out there.
As I look back on my life, I see hundreds of small incidents that have shaped me into who I am right now. Some of those were not the most pleasant experiences either! My life has not been all sunshine and roses. Some of it I've spent slogging through a swamp! But I would never want to change a thing. Those swamps and roses have brought me where I am now, and I am happy here!!
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