DAY.NINE> 2x3x2 = 12 (aka: Dancing with me)

Listening to the alarm on my phone go off after only getting about 3 hours of sleep is one thing. When after 3 hours of sleep it is only 5am, it’s a whole different story. Needless to say, I skipped my run this morning and convinced myself that I needed an extra 45 minutes of sleep. I’m easily convinced. Trudging out of bed I make my way to my car within a half hour and before I even realize, its 6:30am and I'm on the road to The Big Event (TBE) - (IV's tri-state weekend retreat). My car decides it is going to give way by 7am and I'm stuck in an odd predicament. Waiting impatiently at my mechanic's shop wondering when he will show up - as if mechanics have nothing better to do at 7am. After all is said and done I find myself wondering if I should skip this weekend entirely - after all, turns out I wouldn't have my car back till 1. I pay up and 2. about 5pm! As the day progresses I do wonder why something like this would happen and then I realized something that maybe I have been talking about but have not been putting into action. I think we tend to do this a lot. We can believe something firmly but when we act on it, its with half our hearts. I wonder why that is.. Maybe it's just easier to talk than act. yea, that has to be it.

Moving on, I got an email that day from an old friend describing her current situation to me. What I'm about to say was not even the focal point but made me think - what if we paid attention to details a little bit more? So much truth behind the big picture. The sun is nothing without the sky. The sky is just blue without the clouds. The details - a quote from the email was "it's not about waiting for the storm to pass, but learning how to dance in the rain" Enough said? We can't expect anything from life. Sure we can set goals and all that "normal" stuff but I think we are measured as people and really watered and expected to grow from life's uncertainties and those random situations that we never thought possible. Learning how to dance through every situation will give you an unheard of outlook in life and I would love to see a world where that was possible. Dance with me...

12 hours later than scheduled, I arrived at TBE. What an awesome ride up..