I've always had a bit of a hard time with holidays feeling as though they've desensitized certain aspects of our lives - Thanksgiving gives us reason to be thankful one day out of the year, New Years enables people to make resolutions on a big date, Christmas is the season in which we give, birthdays we focus on an individual, etc. I've just always thought it's best to adopt those philosophies all of the time - focus on the people you love daily, give to people always, make resolutions when you feel inspired to do so.
Because these holidays have somewhat instilled the idea that the other days aren't as deserving of these concepts, I find it refreshing when people are displaying the "attitudes" of the holiday when it's not the holiday. It's probably the same beef people have with Valentine's being a day that gets a lot of pressure for people to go on dates - when people should always be wanting to show love and go on dates. I just carry this over into everything.
Yesterday was one of those days where I was unexpectedly surprised with gifts - and I'm so thankful. I returned home feeling incredibly blessed. I was given a trip, basically, that will give some insight into my future. Plane tickets and expenses all covered by this wonderful individual all for the sake of hoping to help me figure some things out.
I moved onto my friend's house for a lovely night with fire and wine. In our conversation it came up that she had an extra ticket to a concert this summer - and I don't want to drop names or anything but...One Republic at Red Rocks Amphitheater sounds pretty stinkin awesome.
Later I was gifted farm fresh eggs... and honestly, I don't need any of these things but it doesn't detract from how blessed I am by the offerings. Truly remarkable.
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